Page 10 RAIN December 197~ in one way or another, designed for 'massive breakthroughs,' at massive cost, demanding ex-treme specialisation, promising a massive impact- no matter how violent-"we shall know how to cope with the consequences." The slogan is: "a breakthrough a day keeps the crisis at bay." We hear of 'white hot technological revolution,' the Nuclear Age, the Agent of Automation, the Space Age, fantastic feats of engineering, supersonic triumphs, all that; but many of the most basic needs of great masses of people, such as housing, cannot be taken care of. The most telling example, of course, is the most advanced society of the modern world, the United States. Average income per head is over twjce that of Britain or Western Europe, and yet there is more degrading poverty in the States than you can ever see in E~rope; 5.6 percent of the world population 'using something like 35 percent of the w_orld's output of raw materials- and not a happy place: great wealth in some places but utter misery, degradation, hopelessness, strife, criminality, ~scapism, sickness of body and mind almost ~verywhere; it is hard to get away from it. How is it possible-in a country that has more resources, more science and technology than anybody ·ever had in human history? People are quest'ioning everything, every part_of the superstructure-big business, big government, big academia; and very gradually, hesitantly, at long last they are beginning to question the basis of it all-technology. Tecqnology Ass~ssment .Groups have 'sprung up in various places; they 'assess' technological developments mainly in the light of three questions; . \ "What does ·it do' in terms of resource usage?" "What does it do to the'Environment?" "What is its socio-political relevance?" E. F. Schumacher is coming to town! Below is a list ofplaces where he 'will speak or be part of a regional gathering. Each of the events here will be open to the public. Call or write the contact people listed beside each date for information, exact tfme, price,etc.Also contact them ifyqu might be willing to Thurs., Feb. 10, 2-8 pin Albany, NY Fri., Feb. 11 Evening Speech City Center, NYC Thurs. & Fri., Feb. 17, 18 Small Is Beautiful Conf. Davis, CA Mon., Feb. 21, evening Tues., Feb. 22, all. day Denver,' CO Sun., Feb. 27 Southwest (Temp.e or Phoenix) Thurs., Mar. 3 Berkeley, CA Sat., Mar. 5 Sart Francisco "Urban Poor and . Minorities m Relation to AT" Sun., Mar.,6 San Francisco Rick Cohen Institute for Man & Science Rensselaerville, NY 12147 518/797-3783 William Irwin Thompson Lindesfarne Assn. 49'West 20th NewYork, NY 10011 Yvonne Hunter University of Calif., Davis Extension Division of Extended Learning Davis, CA 95616 916/752-2820 Chip Presendofer Colorado App. Te.ch. Network 1411 Ogden St. Denver, CO 80218 Information-contact IT in Menlo Park Harry Kreisler Inst. of International Studies University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 415/642-1106 Rev. David Cooling Episcopal Diocese of California Grace Cathedral 1051 Taylor St. San Francisco, CA 94108 415/776-6611 Sermon at Grace Cathedral Concorde did not fare well under the{r scrutiny. They con- ' eluded that it was wasteful of scarce resources, environmentally burdensome and even ·dangerous, and socio-politically irrelevant. It may none the less be described as a marvelous achieve- ,ment of Anglo-French engineering. We'll follow through with a few of the structural effects of modern technology in the next issue (to be continued in the January 1977 RAIN). · r~ ~ co-sponsor and/or help organi.ze the event in your area. Specidl thanks to Intermediate Technology/USA for organizing this tour. For questions about the trip as a whole or to get on a list for 1978, contact them: IT/USA, 556 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025, 4151328-1730. Sun., Mar. 6, afternoon San Rafael, CA Theme: Suburban/ middle class, Ecotopia, homesteading, etc. Mon., Mar. 7 Regina, Saskatchewan 1\Jes., Mar. 8 Manhattan, KS. Thurs., Mar. 10 Crete, NB "'The Prairie Project" Fri-Sat.., Mar. 11-12 St. Paul, MN Sun.·Mon., Mar. 13-14 Ann Arbor, MI Sat., Mar. 19 Park Forest South, IL Mon., Mar. 21 Washington, DC Dorothy A. Huges . Marin Mental Health Assn. 1368 Lincoln Ave. , San Rafael, CA 94901 415/456-7693 Dr. M. Evelyn jonescu Canadian Plains Research Center University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan Bernd Foerster College of Architecture and De_sign Kansas State Uni~ersity Manhattan, KS 66506 913/532-5951 Philip Heckman Doane College Crete, NB 683 33 402/826-2161. Lance Holthusen Science Museum of Minnesota 30 East lOth St. Paul, MN 55101 612/221-6303 Diane Catman UAC Office University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Bethe-Hagens & Jim Laukes Acorn ; Goverpor's State University Park Forest South, IL 60466 312/534-5·000 P_ossible gathering of AT people with senators and representatives, etc. Interested? Call IT }
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