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                               %TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS 731211

     Problems may be resolved in varied ways.  Our society
has  excelled in trying to use technocrats'  solutions  to
its problems.   The advent of science with its mechanistic
understanding of processes has made this possible, but not
necessary.    It  is  modem men who  have  chosen  to  use
technocrats'   solutions  to human problems,  even at  the
price  of developing cosmetic solutions rather  than  real
solutions.    The scientifically trained have  too  rarely
retained the human sensitivity of their childhood.   Thus,
when   public   leaders  consult  scientifically   trained
individuals the scientists are likely to have  recommended
a variety of technocratic solutions to human problems, but
rarely  are  any non-technocratic  solutions  recommended.
Thus  the decision makers choose from  among  technocratic
solutions,    not   from  among  technocratic   and   non-
technocratic solutions. Is it any wonder we have developed
a technocratic society?

     The  inner city is an unpleasant place to live.   How
to solve the problem? Live somewhere else and commute into
the inner city to work!  Technocrats are eager to supply a
variety  of  technocratic solutions from which to  choose,
e.g.,    individual  automobiles,   various  patterns   of
highways,  various forms of mass transit.  Why not work on
making the inner city a livable place?  Because technology
alone can not supply the means.  We need  non-technocratic
solutions  to human problems:  the elimination of  corrupt
government, the reduction of human apathy, the elimination
of  racism  and ethnic prejudice,   transcendence  of  old
myths,   re-grounding  our economic  system,   etc.    The
technocrats  presume  to  offer us solutions  which  would
enable  us  to  avoid dealing with  these  painfully  real
problems,    picturing  a  utopia  without  suffering  and
sacrifice --- and so without satisfaction and meaning.

     The  nation needs a new science  education  tradition
which  encourages scientists to maintain  their  childlike
sensitivity,  which prepares political leaders to ask  new
questions  of  technocrats,   and  which  helps   citizens
recognize  which problems are purely technical in  nature;
and recognize that some problems are essentially human and
so call for non-technocratic solutions.

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