Hyperindustrialism is a societal condition in which virtually all social institutions (government, family, education) have adapted to the demands of the industrial economy. Many scholars favour the term hyperindustrialism over post-industrial society to refer to complex industrial societies such as Canada and the US. The prefix hyper- denotes "over and above," even to the point of "abnormal excess." To describe contemporary North America as "hyperindustrial" is to stress both its continuity with the past and its rapidly changing nature—even to abnormal excess.
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