IEET readers have a decidedly mixed view of the scientific and technological accomplishments of the past ten years, according to a recently completed poll.

Almost half (47%) of respondents called the decade’s successes “impressive” or even “fabulous” and “incredible.” For 20% of those who answered, however, things were either “dismal” or “disappointingly slow.” And in the middle, about one-third (34%) of IEET readers said it was “average.”

Looking back over the last ten years, how would you assess the scientific discoveries and technological accomplishments of that period?

Now we’d like to compare the above results with what you think about the social and political developments of that same period. Please answer our new poll!