Can technology continue to be a solution to social problems, or does “social engineering” need to be the solution? Social engineering is the concept of changing how people think and their personal lifestyles rather than finding technology that can help the problems we are currently running in to. For example, a fresh water shortage has two different points of views on how to solve the problem. The social engineering view says that we should encourage people to change the way they use water. The technological fix would be to find a way for through nuclear power to desalt sea water to provide more fresh water. This is a short term solution, and patience is not in our programming. Social engineering takes time, too many of us want it now, and although it is not possible right now we need to start looking at the big picture so we can get there eventually.