Аннотация:Most countries are currently committing their future to the use of Industry 4.0 technologiesseizing the benefits of the digital economy for development. In doing so, they have to cope with ever-increasing crisis situations. The lack of balance between technological and socio-economic transformations is an objective basis and source for absolutely all crises and negative phenomena, economic and sanctions confrontations, natural anomalies and catastrophes, terrorism, irregular migration as well as for diplomatic, trade, information, cyber and real wars with casualties and material losses. It should be emphasized that such a balance has never been reached: whether we refer to the times of the first three scientific and technological revolutions or to the current time of the rapidly developing fourth revolution.