Technology is used for the satisfaction of human needs and production is increased by technology. Science and technology, the former concerned with know-what and the latter with know-how, are continuously conditioning man's world view and have raised material standards beyond any earlier vision of man's potential. However, in this science and technology are too much concerned with quantity at the expense of quality. Technology has made possible the mass production of articles and mass production seems to have reduced the quality of goods. If a motor-car in the past was made to last, today it is made to be thrown away and replaced. While the quality in terms of new features has improved, the durability is of little concern to manufacturers. In their drive to expand markets and be competitive, manufacturers ignore quality and are concerned with quantity or the number of products that can be sold.Evolving technology encourages the economy of transience which is fast replacing the economy of permanence of the old world. Medical technology prolongs life and reduces the mortality rate, but the quality of life deteriorates. Genetics has increased agricultural productivity, and the Green Revolution that it set in motion has resulted in high-yielding variety of wheat, the rice paddy, etc., but they lack the quality which the traditional variety, though low-yielding, had. Alvin Toffler in his Future Shock considers the lowering of costs of manufacture and increased demand as factors responsible for the sacrifice of quality. Science and technology should be equally concerned with quality and quantity. This concern is of great importance since science and technology are to make further strides.
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