This year an essay came on the topic "Science and Technology is the panacea for the growth and security of the nation". I am writing down my framework here for the essay.
First note down the important aspects from the topic.
1. Focus on the word panacea.
2. Find out the parameters of growth?
3. Note down the aspects of security.
4. Now think to what extent science and technology will be able to achieve this.
Framework
1. What is science and what is technology?
2. Why they are important? Features.
3. Why are we saying that science can lead to growth. So, what makes it different from when we didn't have scientific inventions? (Efficiency)
4. What kind of growth can it have?
5. Will poor people, villages or poor nations get benefited?
6. In what way the technology can be made cheaper and accessible to all?
7. Are sufficient fund being allocated for this by the government? If not, what can private sector do?
8. How it can lead to inclusive growth and good governance (Aadhar).
9. What about the aspects of environment? GHGs, Carbon emissions, CFCs.
10. If it leads to benefit of human beings at the cost of environment will it be fruitful growth. (Uttarakhand)
11. Is it leading to structured inequalities or removing them. (Women Empowerment and caste system)
12. Rationality of science vs Religion. Is religion impediment to growth? Is science changing religion?
13. Technology changes the culture. That culture demands new institutions and new ideals arise in society which leads to further growth. (Metro changed the way railway stations look)
14. This change of culture generates conflict. Is technology able to manage this conflict which it has only created? Conflict between old and new values.
15. Nuclear energy: Controlled vs Uncontrolled reaction.
16. Terrorists using technology for destroying humanity? Use modern gadgets but traditional mindset.
17. Biotechnology can affect the environment and create problems?
18. So, bigger question is: " Overall science creates problem or solves them?"
19. If it creates problem then should we stop using it at all or we stop using it beyond a point?
20 Have we become dependent on science so that any roll back is not possible?
21. Is there any flaw in our development model?
22. What about Gandhian model of development? Village self sufficiency. Greed vs Need. Consumerism?
23. What is the way forward and conclude the essay.
First note down the important aspects from the topic.
1. Focus on the word panacea.
- Is it panacea? NO.
- How can it be a solution to all problems when it creates problems itself?
- So, write it in the beginning itself so that examiner understands what you want to say.
2. Find out the parameters of growth?
- High GDP.
- More average income, employment, poverty
- Equitable distribution or relative deprivation.
- Environmental aspects.
- Sustainable use of resources.
- Presence of structural inequalities.
- Agriculture (Bio technology), industries (Food processing) and service sector.
- Informal sector, Child labor, tribal welfare.
- Presence of conflict at large scale. (Naxalism)
- Less importance to religion.
- More freedom to people to do whatever they want.
3. Note down the aspects of security.
- Defence - Air, water and land
- Cyber security
- Money laundering
- Nuclear technology and weapons.
- Privacy of citizens.
- Disasters.
- Terrorism.
- Many more you can think
4. Now think to what extent science and technology will be able to achieve this.
- Enter these aspects and find out what science can do and what can not.
Framework
1. What is science and what is technology?
2. Why they are important? Features.
3. Why are we saying that science can lead to growth. So, what makes it different from when we didn't have scientific inventions? (Efficiency)
4. What kind of growth can it have?
5. Will poor people, villages or poor nations get benefited?
6. In what way the technology can be made cheaper and accessible to all?
7. Are sufficient fund being allocated for this by the government? If not, what can private sector do?
8. How it can lead to inclusive growth and good governance (Aadhar).
9. What about the aspects of environment? GHGs, Carbon emissions, CFCs.
10. If it leads to benefit of human beings at the cost of environment will it be fruitful growth. (Uttarakhand)
11. Is it leading to structured inequalities or removing them. (Women Empowerment and caste system)
12. Rationality of science vs Religion. Is religion impediment to growth? Is science changing religion?
13. Technology changes the culture. That culture demands new institutions and new ideals arise in society which leads to further growth. (Metro changed the way railway stations look)
14. This change of culture generates conflict. Is technology able to manage this conflict which it has only created? Conflict between old and new values.
15. Nuclear energy: Controlled vs Uncontrolled reaction.
16. Terrorists using technology for destroying humanity? Use modern gadgets but traditional mindset.
17. Biotechnology can affect the environment and create problems?
18. So, bigger question is: " Overall science creates problem or solves them?"
19. If it creates problem then should we stop using it at all or we stop using it beyond a point?
20 Have we become dependent on science so that any roll back is not possible?
21. Is there any flaw in our development model?
22. What about Gandhian model of development? Village self sufficiency. Greed vs Need. Consumerism?
23. What is the way forward and conclude the essay.
Good framework !
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