Halt the flow of new research and the possible scope of technical developments will soon be limited and ultimately reduced to nothing. Incidentally, scientific knowledge need not be exploited immediately once it becomes available. It exists for all to use forever. Thus, acquiring scientific knowledge is a form of capital investment. Unlike most other capital investments, it does not become obsolete nor can it be used up.
Technological developments are also a form of capital investment though somewhat less enduring.
To be sure, a more efficient process will also yield its benefits endlessly, but usually technological developments tend to become obsolete as better methods, devices, and processes emerge. Defend your position. Label each part of your answer clearly. Rather than pursuing the value-free search for truth and understanding in order to help solve human problems, much of psychology is merely the handmaiden of the status quo and of society's prevailing values. Applied psychologists have long been aware of the need for social responsibility in their actions.