According to Daniel Bell, the transition from industrial to post-industrial society (PIS) occurs through the extension of technical rationality, and the advance of scientific rationality into the economic, social and political spheres.

根据丹尼尔贝尔的说法，从工业社会到后工业社会 (PIS) 的转变是通过技术理性的扩展以及科学理性向经济、社会和政治领域的进步而发生的。