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    The document discusses the relationship between engineering, government, and society. It addresses how government determines priorities, regulates engineering activities, and assesses new technologies. Examples are given of government agencies that support and regulate technologies in areas like aerospace, energy, and the environment. The timing and degree of government regulation must be appropriately balanced to avoid over-regulation that could hinder technology implementation. Technology assessment by government aims to evaluate both positive and negative long-term consequences of technological change on various groups. The document also discusses how rapid technological progress has caused public fear and distrust due to a lack of understanding, and different approaches to addressing this issue.

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    The document discusses the relationship between engineering, government, and society. It addresses how government determines priorities, regulates engineering activities, and assesses new technologies. Examples are given of government agencies that support and regulate technologies in areas like aerospace, energy, and the environment. The timing and degree of government regulation must be appropriately balanced to avoid over-regulation that could hinder technology implementation. Technology assessment by government aims to evaluate both positive and negative long-term consequences of technological change on various groups. The document also discusses how rapid technological progress has caused public fear and distrust due to a lack of understanding, and different approaches to addressing this issue.

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    Chapter 10

    INTERACTION WITH SOCIETY


    individual members of society
    ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES
    Government

    As a tool to realize the ambition of rulers & government

    Development & implementation of engineering achievements

    10.1 Engineering and Government

    1. Government to determine priorities and makes choices among


    technical options.
    2. Government to regulate all types of engineering activities.
    3. Government responsibility to certain technology

    4. Government Assessment & regulation of technology

    10.1.1 Government Involvement in Technology


    Supporting agent (in USA)

    NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)


    DOE (Department of Energy)
    EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
    CAB (civil Aeronautics Board)

    Identifying,
    Developing,
    And regulating
    an array of technologies

    The government :
    The primary responsibility for managing, controlling, and regulating both new
    and existing technology

    10.1.2 Government Regulation

    To abuse society
    The environment

    Impact of technology

    The power plant


    The automobile
    Computer
    Paper
    Nuclear power

    To improve our lives

    The examples of regulation of technology:


    National Environmental Policy Act of 1969:
    (EPA)Regulation on all aspects of environmental impact.
    The Clean Air Act of 1967 and 1970
    The Noise Control Act of 1972
    The Federal Water Pollution Control Act
    The Federal Environmental Pesticide Act of 1972
    Federal legislation public safety:
    OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
    The Consumer Product safety Commission
    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    The Pure Food and Drug Commission

    The timing and degree of regulation must be appropriate.

    Excessive regulation can strangle a technology, preventing


    its implementation.

    The engineers should learn to respect regulations and attempt to


    work with rather than against regulatory agencies.

    10.1.3 Technology Assessment

    Government

    In evaluating technology

    In the USA (1960): the


    conggressthe term technology
    assessment

    To attach a quantitative measure to public risk and


    environmental impact, such methods do have potential
    to provide useful information for policy decisions.

    Definition of technology assessment:


    Technology assessment adalah proses pengambilan suatu pandangan
    yang berguna pada konsekuensi dari perubahan teknologi. Yang meliputi
    biaya utama/ keseimbangan manfaat dari jangka pendek yang terpusat
    pada ekonomi pasar, tetapi khususnya menuju melampaui terhadap
    indentifikasi yang dipengaruhi partai (kelompok) dan dampak yang tak
    terduga yang mungkin terjadi dalam jangka panjang dan pandangan yang
    luas. Dia bersifat netral dan objektif, mencari pengayaan informasi untuk
    keputusan-keputusan manajemen. Baik efek samping yang baik atau yang
    buruk yang diteliti karena hilangnya suatu kesempatan untuk keuntungan
    yang bisa merusak masyarakat yang hampir sama seperti bahaya yang
    tidak diduga.

    Technology assessment = pengkajian teknologi

    10.2 Engineering and The Public

    The time lag between discovery &


    implementation has grown shorter

    What is the impact?

    The publics knowledge and understanding <


    the rapid progress of science and technology
    The esoteric language emplyed by scientists &
    engineers

    A sense of suspicion and distrust, a loss of confidence

    How to adapt to the change?

    In a sense our society

    Fear & distrust

    Background of education

    Trust

    The simple livediscard high technology and return to appropriate technology


    E.F. Schumacher
    appropriate technology (based on small scale),
    decentralized processes and social approach to minimize
    environmental impact, public risk, and cost.

    soft energy solar power & biomass conversion


    But there are many problems:
    -Coordination
    -Plug in with high technology

    To continue a long our present path, to allow science and


    technology to develop in the haphazard fashion. But this is
    not easy.
    Stop. Capek deh.

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