Because the human brain does not change, technology must

Author

Ausubel, Jesse H.

Author_Institution

Rockerfeller Univ., New York, NY, USA

Volume

14

Issue

10

fYear

1999

fDate

10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

8

Abstract

My message is my title: Because the Human Brain Does Not Change, Technology Must. That is, technology must change, must improve, to accommodate billions more people and to lift the standard of living. Engineers, receiving feedback from the market and regulated wisely in the public interest, do much of the improving. Thus, the chance for improving Earth´s environment hinges on engineers, and therefore their social context and technical vision. First, I will explain what I mean by the unchanging human brain. Then I will exemplify technical change in energy and agriculture in the cardinal directions it must go

Keywords

agriculture; energy resources; environmental factors; technological forecasting; best practice; decarbonization; energy sources; green environment; improved Earth environment; landless agriculture; social context of engineers; technical vision; technology change; triune brain; unchanging human brain; Agricultural engineering; Agriculture; Feedback; Fuels; Humans; Hydrogen; Logistics; Permission; Power engineering and energy; Sustainable development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.799623

Filename

799623