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Social Intelligence: Prerequisite for the Management of Science and Technology

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Underdevelopment is more a state of mind than a consequence of environmental, social or technical impoverishment. This is not to deny that prolonged underdevelopment will eventually lead to a deterioration of the environment, wastage of natural and technical resources, and a destruction of social integrity. Instead, this assertion is based on the fact that underdevelopment can often be observed in the midst of relative abundance and that it is accompanied by a paralysis of will and a surrender to ignorance.

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  1. A. K. Ventura, “Technological Inconsistencies in Promoting Development”, Scientific World 1985, 1: 8–13

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  1. Florida International University, USA

    Arnoldo Ventura

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  1. Roskilde University, Denmark

    Jan Annerstedt (Associate Professor of Political Science) (Associate Professor of Political Science)

  2. Research Policy Institute, University of Lund, Sweden

    Andrew Jamison (Director of the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Policy) (Director of the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Policy)

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© 1988 Jan Annerstedt and Andrew Jamison

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Ventura, A. (1988). Social Intelligence: Prerequisite for the Management of Science and Technology. In: Annerstedt, J., Jamison, A. (eds) From Research Policy to Social Intelligence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19462-9_12

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