As science and technology change our world, anticipating the unintended consequences
becomes critical. This article presents a framework for identifying unintended consequences …

In contrast with earlier emerging technologies, in the case of nanotechnology there is a lot of
anticipation sourrounding how it might, or should, become embedded in society. These …

Past forecasts of technical innovations include lessons that can be used in making forecasts
today. A review of Herman Kahn and Anthony Wiener's “One Hundred Technical Innovations …

Mitigation measures proposed as a response to the carbon and climate problem represent
only the first half of a complete solution. Proactively repairing the damage through …

Discover the technologies and trends that threaten humanity and our planet---and how we
can rein them back in, together In The Unintended Consequences of Technology: Solutions …

Technology innovation is inherently uncertain. The risk–benefit divide for such innovation is
a classical debate within scholarly literature and is often framed on a monetary scale where …

Risk analyses have been performed for a wide range of hazards. Some have been highly
quantitative calculations of mathematical probabilities; others have been more qualitative …

Expectations play a distinctive role in shaping emerging technologies and producing hype
cycles when a technology is adopted or fails on the market. To harness expectations …

In this eye-opening book, author Lloyd J. Dumas argues that our capacity for developing
ever more powerful technologies and the unavoidable fallibility of both machine and man …

Uncertainty about future impacts of an innovation comes from several sources, and it does
not disappear even after a new technology is introduced commercially. Much of the difficulty …