What is the importance of science and technology?

The importance of science and technology in contemporary society is demonstrated by the unconscious use of it in our daily lives. We often take it for granted. And we often have no idea how science and technology really affect us! We live and work in structures given to us by science and technology. We are transported around on the ground, across water and in the air by vehicles that are the direct result of science and technology. Modern societies are literally built on science and technology. When we turn on the tap, flush the toilet, or flip a light switch, we are accessing science and technology.

We constantly use cell phones and computers, which are gifts of science and technology. And there are myriad other electrical devices that science and technology have given us. Medicine is wall-to-wall science and technology, and anyone who is more than mildly ill or has been injured in more than a minor way will benefit from science and technology. No food in modern society is not touched by science and technology, either in its origin, packaging and processing, transportation or vending.

This is just scratching the surface. Anyone sincerely interested in the importance of science and technology should begin thinking about where that science and technology appear in our daily lives. Then imagine how we'd do things without it. It's a real wake up call. We're supposed to be societies founded on law, on order and on good government, but none of that is possible without building a society on science and technology. At least not with the populations we are seeing in the various republics around the world, and on the globe as a whole. If science and technology took a one month vacation, the return would find that chaos, destruction and even many unburied dead would be the order of the day. For real.