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There is a difference between science and technology. Science is a method of answering theoretical questions, technology is a method of solving practical problems (and sometimes creating new problems out of the "solutions"). Science has to do with discovering the facts and relationships between observable phenomena in nature and with establishing theories that serve to organize these facts and relalionships; technology has to do with tools, techniques, and procedures for implementing the findings of science. Another distinction between science and technology has to do with the progress in each.
Progress in science excludes the human factor. And this is justly so. Scientists, who seek to comprehend the universe and know the truth within the highest degree of accuracy and certainty, cannot pay heed to their own or other people’s likes or dislikes or to popular ideas about the fitness of things. What scientists discover may shock or anger people—as did Darwin’s theory of evolution. But even an unpleasant truth is more than likely to be useful, besides, we have the option of refusing to believe it! But hardly so with technology, we do not have the option of refusing to hear the sonic boom produced by a supersonic aircraft flying overhead, we do not have the option of refusing to breathe polluted air, and we do not have the option of living in a nonatomic age. Unlike science, progress in technology must be measured in terms of the human factor. Technology must be our slave and not the reverse. The legitimate purpose of technology is to serve people—people in general, not merely some people, and future generation, not merely those who presently wish to gain advantage for themselves. Technology must be humanistic if it is to lead to a better world.
We are all familiar with the abuses of technology. Many people blame technology itself for widespread pollution, resource depletion and even social decay in gereral—so much so that the promise of technology is obscured. That promise is a cleaner and healthier world. If wise applications of science and technology do not lead to a better world, what else will
Pioneers in technology, such as Buckminster. Fuller see the extension of science and technology in our sapcefaring activities of the last 2 decades as marking a major stage in our evolution. As little Jenny suggests in the photo at the beginning of this chaper, perhaps we are like the hatching chicken who has exhausted the resources of its inner egg environment and is about to break through to a whole new range of possibilities. This is an exciting time.

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