Technological solution

"We have the technology"

Technologies that just work include:

• mobile phones
• OLPC's XO computer (more controversial)

Critique: technology is not the answer

Jacques Ellul, The Technological Bluff. The technology is less important than the way it is chosen and applied.^{[verification needed]}

This becomes a less relevant critique if there an emphasis on appropriate technology, i.e. a great sensitivity to the appropriateness of a solution.