What is the social value of science and technology?

First, Marx's scientific and technological values

Marx believed that science and technology were revolutionary forces that played a driving role in history. The development of science and technology will inevitably lead to changes in the mode of production and relations of production. Science and technology will promote the development of productive forces, and the development of productive forces will inevitably lead to the transformation of production relations. Therefore, the progress of science and technology will eventually lead to social changes.

Second, science and technology provide material wealth for social development.

Science and technology are the crystallization of human wisdom. The development of modern science and technology has promoted the development of productive forces, surpassing the sum of the development of productive forces in all previous times, and has had a profound impact on all aspects of social life, changed the conditions, nature and content of human labor activities, and changed the structure of the entire productive forces. Science and technology can be materialized into new labor tools. The more science and technology develop, the more advanced the production tools are. The richer the material wealth created by human beings, the higher the level of human material civilization.

Third, science and technology provide spiritual power for political civilization.

First of all, it has brought about changes in industrial structure, transforming agriculture and industry whose content is to meet people's material needs into service industries whose main content is to meet people's spiritual needs, and making labor-intensive and capital-intensive industries develop into technology-intensive and knowledge-intensive industries. The progress of science and technology will inevitably promote the upgrading of industry, promote the high-density of scientific and technological content of products, and shorten the cycle of applying science and technology to production. Second, it has brought about the change of labor mode, the development of modern science and technology, the increasing automation and intelligence of production and the decline of physical strength. Third, it has brought about a change in lifestyle. The development of science and technology has changed the content and way of people's material life such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. Science and technology has become a force to promote human beings to establish a beautiful, healthy, high-quality and convenient lifestyle.

Fourth, science and technology are the driving force for the harmonious development of society.