Progreso tecnológico sí; pero de otra manera.

The paper defends the undeniable thesis of technological progress but not the idea of an optimistic absolute progress, but limited and in context. Technological progress is conceived on two levels: (a) technical and (b) valuative. The first responds to internal rationality of technology, in this respect it is obvious that the technology (all time) improves and its advances. The second includes two aspects: the effects of technology in the environment and its contribution to social progress. On this second level, it is more difficult to determine the sense of direction of technological progress, since the technological progress is evaluative. The fundamental idea resides in that technological progress, in itself, doesn't lead to social or human progress necessarily, because the last not only depends on the technological variable, it intervenes another series of factors. This way, technological progress is a involves condition but not enough for social progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]