05. How advanced is our technology? Is more rapid progress inhibited by development costs? (A K2S Question)

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Our technology has been progressing rapidly for many years and some of it is pretty advanced. The primary thing about technology is that we never know what amazing thing we can or will achieve next. The progress of technology and society is limited by many things— cost is one of them. Safety concerns are another—we must do things carefully so we don't destroy ourselves and our world. The demands of everyday life slow most work. Scientists and engineers are people and they must stop work to eat, sleep, spend time with their families and friends, play with their pets, watch TV, enjoy recreational activities— all the things everyone else does. But all of these things are valuable, and relaxing often helps creativity, so it is difficult to tell what slows technology most.

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Answer provided by Bradley C. Edwards, Ph.D.

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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