Knowledge is power.

The technology of the industrialized countries is directed overwhelmingly towards improved means of destruction and marginally increased consumption of nonessential goods. Industrialized nations use the access to technology as the main means of controlling their market relations with Third World nations. The industrial nations are interested in exchanging their technological goods for natural resources, energy, and Third World markets. The following are problems with this relationship: 1) There are Third World problems for which no technology has been developed yet; 2) Some technology, e.g., capital-intensive and labor-saving technology, is inappropriate for Third World economies; 3) Some technology, though appropriate, is provided under unfavorable conditions; and 4) Developing countries often lack the capacity to use these acquired technologies effectively. Third World countries must select imported technology so as to use it for a growth catalyst and in order to become technologically self-reliant. Third World countries will have to cooperate in matters of science and technology if they are to move toward a new international scientific and technological order. Cooperation will help them improve their bargaining position with industrialized nations.