Because it's easier to find a technological fix than to address the root cause of such a problem.

"I don't think there's a technological fix to a human problem," he said.

"Every country feels like they have to do something, and so they order a quick technological fix."

Though technological fixes like this may be convenient, they come at a high cost.

Studies based solely on technological fixes say the cost is negligible.

Similarly, people despair about the state of education and look to the Internet for a technological fix.

Too bad we cannot dream about some technological fix for the lack of leadership we now have in energy policy.

The solutions may well require more of us than just a technological fix.

We can hope for a technological fix; with smart enough machines, who needs workers?

Mobile phones have become such a public nuisance, he said, that a technological fix is required.