Societal aspects of technology: Embedded within the energy crisis are lessons applicable to other areas of sociotechnical impact

As the year begins, the social impact of technology has never been more deeply felt across the globe. In the United. States, by mid-November of last year, President Nixon and his advisors were predicting a 17-percent fuel storage. Simultaneously, Senator Henry M. Jackson (D — Wash.) was warning of a 24-percent shortage. Further, a debate was raging over the identity of the villains responsible for the crisis. And the stage was set for a furious debate over methods to alleviate and eventually resolve the crisis.