ABSTRACT
Contemporary technology has accustomed us to the manufacturing of the most varied things, not only of things never previously produced or conceived of, but also those which in the not-too-distant past were produced but not manufactured—houses can now be prefabricated, for instance, and then there are the famous Liberty Ships which contributed so much to the victory of the Allies in the last war. With the help of technology, long and costly processes of production have been eliminated, costs reduced, and delivery dates accelerated. This has meant increased satisfaction for the consumer, and, naturally, for the producer as well. These technological processes have, as has already been emphasized by many, posed a series of problems in other fields, by bringing about often radical changes in the social environment and even in our ways of thinking.
