Science in response to basic human needs.

Despite the tremendous accomplishments in science and technology during this century, we go into the next century with nearly one fourth of the world population living in severe poverty and the gap between the rich and the poor widening. How can we alter this utterly indefensible situation? What changes in our development strategy can lead us to a more equitable society? The formidable power of science and technology can be harnessed to the benefit of the whole of humanity only if we know how to temper it with humanism.