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A time marked by the acceleration of changes and by the uncertainty with regard to the future ahead, the adoption and implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is the widest and most promising civic process of our era. Wide, because its adoption is being extended among governments, administrations, companies, social organisations and citizens around the world. Promising, because the SDG are demostrating their capacity to became into a common language regarding the colective interpretation of the large challenges of the planet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The science and engineering that create technology, like any human activity, already have a starting purpose. In very rare cases technology arises by "spontaneous generation". Today, technological advance depends on large investments that they are largely justified by the possible social, ecological, and above all economic benefits that this development could bring with it. When investing in technological development, the problems to be solved are selected against others that are considered secondary. This selection is a decision loaded with values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]