Dr. Thomas E. Everhart discusses how technology evolved on October 7, 1993

Second annual address in the William R. Gould Lecture Series. Greg Thompson gives the introduction and explains the purpose of the lecture series. Dr. Arthur K. Smith introduces the speaker, Thomas S. Everhart who served as president of the California Institute of Technology. Everhart discusses how technology evolved and created our industrial society. He explores the history of technology, including advancements such as the TV and the atomic bomb. He also mentions new technology such as virtual reality that is used to teach pilots to fly airplanes and scientific advancements including sequencing the human genome. He explains the Media's ability to determine a nation's will and morality and talks about negative aspects of technology, such as unwanted invasion of privacy and jobs lost from being transferred overseas. The lecture ends with a question and answer session. Speakers: Dr. Thomas E. Everhart; introduction by Greg Thompson (Assistant director of special collections for the Marriott Library), Roger K. Hansen (Director of Libraries at the University of Utah), Arthur K. Smith (president of the University of Utah)