社会需要与技术创新

社会需要是科技发展的动力。但这并不意味着社会需要是科技创新和发展的起源。需求是一个经济范畴，也是一个认识范畴，并且具有被创造性。作为创新者的企业家更应该创造需求，而不是从消费者那里去寻找现成的需求；在科技者，人们对一个学科、一种理论或某种技术系统的需求之所以成为热点。往往是因为这个学科、这种理论或这种技术系统中产生了标志性的成果，而不是需求热点在先。

The relations between Social demands and technological innovations

Social demand is one of the most important impetuses of technological innovation. But this does not mean it is the resource of innovations. Social demand is always created buy innovations. Consequently, the emergency of the hotspot of social demand always follows an important innovation in technology or a remarkable achievement in science.