Serving the people or producers?


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 20 Jun 2004

Much is usually expected, and assumed, of science, technology and the people who use their results. But who is being servedby whom, how well and to what purpose? 

SCIENCE and technology often come in the same phrase, whether in casual conversation, in notional concepts or in policy departments. What links them is vital, but what distinguishes them is critical. 

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