What I shall attempt is to mention some of the propositions which seemed to be generally accepted; to list some subjects about which I could detect no real consensus; and then talk more particularly about our discussion of what we can do to give more adequate control and better direction to technology. Turning to matters in which I sensed we had almost complete agreement: First, we were impressed with the helpfulness in giving perspective provided by Lynn White's and Rupert Hall's fine examples from the history of technology. They showed us that technology is not a recent, alien thing but something which has been part of the intelligence and the problem-solving nature of man for a long time. We have taken a more rapid leap forward as technology has been combined with the precise methods of science so that it is guided consciously by science. Second, technology is developing at an accelerating rate throughout the world. It is obvious in the more advanced countries like the United