We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We live in a world that relies on technology.
We are more dependent on science and engineering than at any other time in history. However, there is plenty of evidence that far too many people are scientifically illiterate, often having been put off science at school.
I don't know much about technology anymore.
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
Much of contemporary science is really the length and shadow of the technology we apply.
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Science is far from the center of the world for most people: even for many with highly sophisticated tastes, interests, and accomplishments.
In consequence, science is more important than ever for industrial technology.
The future of society is 100% dependent on scientific advances.
Our society, the dominant culture doesn't like science. It doesn't like technology.