Industry 5.0 is a future strategy for technology launched by the European Commission, seeking a paradigm shift in our relationship with technology. This article examines how technological humanism provides an ethical and philosophical foundation that differs from posthumanist and transhumanist interpretations, as well as from interpretations of sustainability limited to environmental metrics. Industry 5.0 broadens the perspective to include social and human sustainability – ensuring that technological development strengthens communities, participation, and the common good. Finally, the article considers how this approach could be concretised in education: why future educational programmes should be critically human-centric and how they could combine technological competence, ethical judgment, and social responsibility in a way that ensures no one is left behind.