friday, march 11, 1977
daily ncbrasken
P223 5
igger is not always better in technology struggle
By Dawn Baxter
If economic progress and technological
development continue as they have for the
past 20 years, with bigger being better, it is
just a matter of time before water, energy
or the human psyche gives out, said British
economist E.F. Schumacher, Thursday.
Schumacher, author of Small is Beauti
ful: Economics as if People Mattered,
appeared at a luncheon as part of the
Prairie Project, a series of conferences on
the future of the plains states. .
Schumacher is the father of the inter
mediary development theory, which calls
for supplementing large-scale technology
with smaller, simpler and less costly units
of production.
"Freedom was once defined as the re
cognition of necessity. If we don't Tecog
nize the necessity to adapt our technology
to preserve our remaining resources, well
end up being thrown into situations we
cant handle.
Plan needed
He said corporate policy should allow
for a "lifeboat," a plan such as organic
farming to back up our highly mechanized
method of production. He compared to
day's corporate policies to the "rearrang
ing of the deck chairs on the Titanic."
"We need corporate policy, though,
since new things cannot be implemented
oion mor ts nd
Operation on a continuation basis was
the outline for the proposed Student Deve
lopment budget presented by John Baier,
associate dean of student development and
Dan Steller, director of the Center for
Students and Organizations (CSO) at a
Fees Allocation Board (FAB) meeting
Thursday night.
Baier and Steller agreed that without,
the increase in fees requested in the budget
for Student Development, the only alter
native would be to cut services and person
nel. Baier said this would be a difficult
task because he said he could not think of
any expendable programs or staff mem
bers.
Steller cited examples of "phenomenal
growth" in student participation in recrea
tion programs. He said student involvement
has increased every year, even when total
UNL enrollment has decreased .
Baier said that the department's Envir
onmental Health, Career Counseling and
Placement Planning programs, currently
financed by student fees, have been taken
to the Nebraska Legislature for requested
state tax support.
Another attempt at trimming depart
mental costs has been the transfer of
personnel fromthe Recreation Dept. to
CSO office, Baier said. He pointed out
that this, move saved no fee dollars, but
transferred costs to CSO, enabling the
Recreation Dept. to stay within its budget
in this area.
. Included in the budget was the addition
of a nine-month position and a graduate
assistant position to the Recreation Dept.
staff. Baier said that without those addi
tional staff members, a limit would have to
be set on recreational facilities, tennis
courts and gyms, as well as intramurals
programs.
without it. It makes the ideas viable in a
way that government and academia cant,"
he said.
Schumacher divided those who are
grappling with the technological problems
into two cagegories: the "forward stamp
edes", and the "homecomers."
He describes the forward stampeders as
those who want to help the violence and
giantism of technology by using more
violent technology and giantism. However,
the homecomers are trying to change their
attitudes and find a way to work with
nature by organic farming and use of
simpler machines.
Big is better?
The 66-year-old economist said no one
asks for something smaller. Progress seems
to be associated with growth in size.
"One example of this is the astonishing
polarization in a pattern of settlement.
There is much more colonization around
the large cities and the small towns are
emptying," he said. .
'The small towns are only being used
for places where you can get raw materials.
College graduates cannot get jobs in the
towns and end up going to large cities for
work. In Montana, only 15 per cent of the
college graduates remain in the state, with
the remaining 85 per cent going elsewhere
to find work," Schumacher said.
He added that the small family farm
appears to be going the way of the small
town.
'There are those who would like to
move from the cities because of the
pressure and lack of space, but they are
finding that the door to rural living is
solidly closed. Farming is being closed off
to all but the very rich and the corpora
tions," he said.
After the luncheon, four concurrent
conferences met. Each conference was an
alternative for communities; corporate
policy in America; future of the farm; and
soil and water. Schumacher spoke to each
group individually.
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