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In the final analysis, when we help our children identify and develop their talents we are all
better off. But ifwe help only some children to develop only some talents, I fear that on balance
we will all be worse off.
Issue 110
"Too much time, money, and energy are spent developing new and more elaborate technology.
Society should instead focus on maximizing the use of existing technology for the immediate
benefit of its citizens."
The speaker asserts that rather than devoting its resources to developing new technology,
society should try to maximize the use of technology already available. While I would concede
that in a few areas society might be well served by adopting this recommendation, in general I
disagree with the speaker.
Admittedly, when a society's members devote their collective time, energy, talent, and money
to developing a new and more elaborate technology, the society necessarily incurs various
opportunity costs. The space program aptly illustrates this point. Virtually every additional step
in space exploration requires new technology, which diverts our resources from addressing
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pressing problems here on Earth. Of course, space technologies have imparted a myriad of
benefits in areas such as weather forecasting, telecommunications, chemical engineering, and
medical technology, to name just a few. Yet, these technologies were developed in Earth's
orbit and for the most part were stated objectives of our space missions. Our goals in probing
further into space are far more vague: to learn more about the universe, its origins and destiny,
and to search for life elsewhere. Thus society might be better served by redirecting resources
used for developing new space exploration technology toward programs which impart clear,
certain, and immediate societal benefits and which avail themselves to a greater extent of
current technologies.
Yet space exploration is an exceptional and extreme example. In other areas the benefits of
new technology are far more immediate and certain, and thus justify the new technology. 感谢您阅读《GRE作文范文大全(80) 》一文,出国留学网(liuxue86.com)编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。
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