protechnology
Protechnology is a stance or policy orientation that emphasizes the beneficial role of technology in driving social progress, economic development, and problem solving. It encompasses beliefs in the accelerating capacity of scientific and engineering advances to improve health, productivity, governance, and quality of life, and it often supports proactive investment in research, infrastructure, and education to foster innovation ecosystems. Protechnology can be found in political platforms, policy debates, business strategy, and academic discourse, where it is contrasted with cautionary or anti-technology positions.
Historically, the term has been used in modern technocratic and innovation policy contexts to describe a pragmatic
Debates around protechnology cover both opportunities and limitations. Proponents emphasize potential gains in productivity, health, and
In practice, protechnology is often linked to innovation policy, science communication, and technology governance. It interacts