&gt;HARC researches technology in its broadest context, which includes: technology for communication (from the invention of spoken language to modern data graphics), intellectual tools (such as the scientific method and computer simulation), media (from cave painting to video games), and social systems (including democracy and public education).<p>In that broadest context, it really seems to lose its meaning. I think a closer word to that description is &quot;ideas.&quot; Why try to cram the word &quot;technology&quot; into it, when it&#x27;s such a strech?