A notice for those who don't know, and a reminder for those who do. There is a "Technology and Society" resource page at http://www.island.net/~dpwilson/resource.html which is aimed at people interested in social technology and and the social impact of technology. New links are invited. Social technology is the technological counterpart to the social sciences, but is not simply an application of them, and must often lead or drive the sciences. Most of law, politics, and government are "know how", the result of collecting things that work, (or once worked), and are thus technology -- social technology. Very old and unreliable, but clearly social technology. Treating it as technology is a rather liberating step, building confidence in our ability to change these things, because we are now very good at technology, with well known disciplines like systems engineering to draw on. A basic introduction to the idea of social technology is at http://www.island.net/~dpwilson/soctech.html and there is a mailing list for the discussion of social technology, at http://www.island.net/~dpwilson/stml.html hosted by Topica.com. A web site for social technology is at http://SocialTechnology.Org which stresses a specific approach or solution to social problem. For more information, contact the author at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit his home page at http://www.island.net/~dpwilson/index.html dpw Douglas P. Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.island.net/~dpwilson/index.html http://www.SocialTechnology.org/index.html
