Schawbel: What impact has technology made on our well-being, wisdom and wonder?
If real progress is to be made in evaluating the different mechanisms used to increase the use of research, it could be argued that it is important to know what impact has been made by the research that is translated into action.
What impact has "I Will Survive" had, musically or culturally, that makes it worthy of inclusion in the NRR?
But what impact has it had?
Lots of people in the town centre look blankly when asked what impact Mima has made and say modern art is not their cup of tea.
And it's not only a look at the diseases: it's an examination of the health systems of the developing world, what impact aid has really made, pharmaceutical companies and their priorities... Again, it's one of those big, overarching themes that's very hard to get a broadcaster to say: OK, we're going to throw a team at this for nine months.
Asked what impact the experience had made on her, Seierstad said: "I learned many lessons about how the world works.
His flame may have only flickered briefly, but what an impact he made at the start of England's tour.
Combative midfielder Besic knows, with every pass, laugh and handshake, what impact he can have on the group made up of men from Somalia, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Palestine, Libya, Iran, Syria, Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Some see it as a transformational technology akin to the printing press and steam engine, while others dismiss such claims as wildly exaggerated, making it timely to assess what impact 3D printing has made on design so far, and how will it develop in future.
