Chapter 2: What Science and Technology Can Do - An Era of Change and the Role of Science and Technology -
Section 2: Attitudes of the Japanese People With Regard to Science and Technology
1. Expectations and Worries of the Japanese People With Regard to Science and Technology
* While the role of science and technology is seen as important,
many people believe there are both good and bad sides to advances in science
and technology. In addition, people have various other concerns with regard to
such advances, including worries about the speed of progress in science and technology
and that science and technology are becoming increasingly fractionalized. In
other words, expectations for science and technology are intermingled with concerns
( Figure 1 (1),(2) ).
Figure 1
* Moreover, many young people have expectations for science
and technology, yet many indicated concerns and disinterest as well.
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