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o seek to prehend the universe and know the truth with 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 peopleas 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 aircraftflying overhead。 we do not have the option of refusing to breathe polluted air. Unlike science, progress in technology must be our slave and not the reverse. The legitimate purpose of technology is to serve peopiepeople in general, not merely some people。 and future generations, not merely those who presently wish to gain advantage for themselves. We are all familiar with the abuses of technology. Many people blame technology itself for widespread pollution, resource depletion and even social decay in generalso much so that the promise of technology is obscured. That promise is a clea