Science (plus technology) and society (Roberto Menotti, Aspenia online)
Technology is, to most ordinary consumers, the tangible fruit of progress. In fact, it is so pervasive that the constant improvement of hi-tech gadgets has come to be taken for granted. Much less noticed, less understood, or misunderstood, is the large network of knowledge that makes technological advancements possible: science. Scientific progress is sometimes viewed as synonymous with innovation, and it is closely related to the expansion of applied knowledge – yet, it is a distinct field. The pragmatic and adaptive evolution of technology, which often happens through the recombination of existing technologies, rests on the foundation of hard science, but the two do not coincide.
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