Long-term economic progress comes mainly from the invention and spread of improved technologies.

The scientific revolution was made possible by the printing press, the industrial revolution by the steam engine, and India's escape from famine by increased farm yields — the so-called green revolution. Today's era of globalisation emerged with the spread of computers and the internet.

So when we seek solutions to some of the world's toughest problems, they, too, are likely to be found, at least in part, in new techologies that can resolve old and seemingly intractable problems. Full Article [2]