Digitization and sustainability: keys to qualitative growth

This article sees the twin green and digital transitions as a central challenge that calls for rethinking the economic development model in the 21st century. It argues that economic growth based on quantitative expansion generates profound environmental crises and social inequalities, making a paradigm shift toward qualitative growth essential. Within this framework, it proposes reconciling digitization with sustainability, by orienting technological transformation toward improving the quality of life rather than the mere accumulation of wealth. Based on a critical review of the impacts of digitization and the limitations of conventional approaches to measuring development, it explores alternatives for integrating social justice, ecological limits, and technological progress. The article contributes to the debate on how to articulate an economic model that responds to contemporary challenges without reproducing the extractive dynamics of traditional growth.