The problem of relevant social regulation of the technosphere exemplified by fire safety
The article addresses the problem of mainstreaming the state regulation of the technosphere in terms of fire safety assurance and urban development. The technosphere, being an artificial structure created by humans willing to simplify and protect their living, has turned into a major problem rather than a benefit over the last fifty years. Accelerated sociocultural evolution is the reason for this change. Reason 1 is our poor knowledge of the technosphere and its constituents that we are still willing to create and apply using our simplified (conventional) ideas about the natural processes underlying their creation and application. Reason 2 is the logistic breakdown of the technosphere, as a result of which the consolidated sociocultural space is regulated by separate social norms focused on minor fragmented goals, determined by subjective needs of small groups willing to obtain immediate benefits. Reason 3 is decelerated development of the social environment that lags behind industrialization and urbanization. Thus, it is unable to exercise reliable control over the safety of the technosphere. A set of actions, aimed at the expansion of the area exposed to social control and the tightening of penalties represent a practical solution to these problems that is currently applied by executive government authorities. However, social regulation quality improvement, based on the principle of prevention of inacceptable social harm, has been disregarded.The introduction of a risk oriented model into fire safety assurance and urban planning is analyzed in an attempt to consider the problems in question.