TECHNOLOGY POLICY - FITTING CONCEPT WITH REALITY

We have crossed an historical Rubicon into an era in which the capacit y to innovative increasingly complex technologies has created a set of opportunities and problems that make our reductionist and simplistic linear models of policy and governance obsolete. America must base its technology policy on a synthesis of both international experience and new conceptualizations. The most important recent experience with suc cessful technologies innovation has taken place in Asia, whereas the m ost rapid conceptual advances appear to be occurring in Europe and the U.S. Complexity is the key factor in both.