August 2025 | Issue 781 | Page(s) 20 - 21 | John Watkinson
We live in a technological society. From the morning alarm clock onwards, we can’t do much without the involvement of some bit of technology. Technology evolved at one time in much the same way as life did, by trial and error. Some changes were found to be better and were adopted. The growth of science altered that. With an understanding of how things work, the trial and error was leapfrogged and technology could and did evolve faster.
As a result, we are surrounded by amazing gadgets that seem to become more amazing every year, whilst human thinking, behaviour and decision-making still relates to the Stone Age. The most glaring example is politics, a branch of human activity in which there has been no change in centuries and in which knowledge of science and its principles is almost completely absent.
