You can find it in many government agencies as well. Some public employers are more progressive than others. Technology is applied knowledge systems designed to get things done. It is the application of knowledge to achieve practical ends. Inventing new technology is an attempt at finding a better way of doing things.
Some societies resist change more than others.
In some cultures, the people live in a lost golden era. They live in the past, not the present. Let's see if we can at least live in the 21st Century. During the Agricultural Revolution, the thinking was that if you didn't work out in the hot sun from sunrise to sunset, you were a slacker. Later, in the Industrial Revolution, the method of assessment was that you were measured by a stop watch for ruthless efficiency.