Is Technology Not Important Enough?

The Nobel prizes have been around for over a century and yet one very important field of discovery has been left out.

The Nobel prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine, Literature, and Peace were founded in 1901 after Alfred Nobel left a large portion of his estate to be awarded to deserving individuals in those fields.  In 1968, Sweden’s central bank established the Nobel prize for Economic Sciences in memory of the late Nobel.

Last week, the Nobel prizes were awarded for 2011 and it got me thinking about why there isn’t a prize awarded to a leader in the field of Technology.

The advancements of technology and the creators behind it have a large place in our world and I think that they should begin to be recognized with the same prizes of those in the other fields of study.

As for whom I would choose as the first recipient of the Nobel prize for technology, it would have to be Steve Jobs! Or, because the Nobel Laureates don’t allow posthumous nominations, maybe the prize can be in awarded in his honour.