Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?

Abstract

Abstract"Can we identify Quick Technological Fixes for profound and almost infinitely complicated social problems," asks Alvin Weinberg in the article that follows;" 'fixes' that are within the grasp of modern technology, and which would either eliminate the original social problem without requiring a change in the individual's social attitudes, or would so alter the problem as to make its resolution more feasible?"Alvin Weinberg is Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His article was originally presented as the acceptance speech for the 1966 University of Chicago Alumni Award.