The genesis of the category of quality from ancient time to the digital economy

The article presents the Genesis of the quality category from ancient times to the modern methodology of quality management. Generalization of all accumulated experience and monitoring of changes in the field of quality management lay a solid Foundation for the future development of civilization in the sixth technological mode, science-intensive and digital economy. In the context of the transition to the digital economy and improvement of quality systems, the need for advanced development of human quality, the quality of social intelligence, the quality of educational systems in society is noted, which is reflected in the quality of life as a new stage in the evolution of quality management.