Oftentimes we clump science and technology together as if they were one in the same; but in reality Science is something completely different from Technology.
Science is the process of understanding the environment and of organizing that knowledge (History of Creativity—Brent Strong, Mark Davis).
Technology is the combination of skill and creativity by which people master their environment (History of Creativity—Brent Strong, Mark Davis).
Science USES technology, and technology USES science but they are not one in the same. From these definitions we can begin to understand how science changes slowly while technology is changing faster than I change my clothes.
We live in a world, and especially a country, where laptops, tablets, cell phones, TVs, and the like are being created, enhanced, and recreated every day. There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t use at least ONE of the things mentioned and I’m sure if I were to count how frequently I used technology in general in just one day it would be close to the number of times I blink.
We are also privileged to live in a time where new scientific discoveries are being made quite frequently as well; while it doesn’t compare to the number of advancements in technology, scientific discoveries are more abundant now than they were previous to the 1470’s—when the Scientific Awakening began.
Previous to this awakening there was no such thing as a scientific discovery; people believed that ancient philosophers had already discovered “truth,” so anything scientists said that was new would go against that truth. Could you imagine what life would be like if we all took this kind of view? What if we felt this way about everything in our world…our lives and work would become stagnant with no new ideas or creations. In an essence…creativity would cease to exist!
So don’t let anyone tell you you’re wrong, keep your mind open to new ideas a dreams always. When our minds our open our worlds are too.
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