From what I've noticed during my play experience and the posts on the forums here I've noticed the consensus is that the Technology category is completely or near completely useless. A purposed solution to this is to establish packages of technologies at no cost and blocks the other options. Also, there could be a No starting technology option that could be a -2 or -3 cost. I'm going to look into if it is possible to make a mod to allow for this. Let me know what you think or if you have any input on this.