KEY ISSUES: EMERGING TECHNOLOGY RISK AND PUBLIC POLICY
The "tyranny of the ignorant" is claimed by some to be the greatest obstacle in rapidly moving science and technology forward. History, however, has shown that unchecked technological development can prove detrimental. Only through policy based on public dialogue and shared community values, and governance that includes all stakeholders can unnecessary risks - both real and perceived be mitigated while ensuring continued development that is economically stable and beneficial to industry, the environment, and the public.
For more information, see:
U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future
Center on Nanotechnology and Society
Technology and Citizenship
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"Vast issues of policy across every area will be hit by the transformative effects of emerging technologies whether robotics/AI, synthetic bio, virtual reality, neuroscience, or the next generation of research in genetics. The innovation economy. Security. Environment. Freedom. Dignity.
Risk, technology, and human values come to a single point, and must drive a far-sighted policy discussion that we have barely begun."
—Nigel Cameron
President and CEO, C-PET
"Americans have always defined themselves in terms of the future. It is therefore astonishing that there is no policy institute on emerging technologies in the nation's capital, one that cuts across philosophical lines. C-PET addresses that absence in our national conversation."
—JONATHAN MORENO
