Category: Philosophy and Perspective

Cracks in the Wall, Bridges Over Troubled Waters A recent LinkedIn post from the Democracy R&D Network made me think about an old problem—the dilemma of a science policy boundary spanner. The post referenced our recent Nature Commentary, which argued that “deliberation is…

The School for the Future of Innovation in Society joined with ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination to host a “ScribbleBot” activity on the Night of the Open Door at ASU’s Tempe Campus, February 27, 2016. (Reposted with permission;…

How technology is changing our choices and the values that help us make them.   You’re sitting at your desk, with the order in front of you that will enable the use of autonomous lethal robots in your upcoming battle.…

By Heather M. Ross, HSD Student President Obama’s Ebola ethics dilemma is merely a headline — a critical case that illustrates a much broader problem with medical research and particularly vaccine development in the United States and worldwide. One of…

Graduate student Jathan Sadowski interviews law professor on the “right to be forgotten.” There’s a truism among certain circles of analysts and commentators: Technologies usually outpace the laws meant to govern and regulate them. It’s often big news when legislation…

Jathan Sadowski PhD student in the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes   In her new book, The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Astra Taylor provides a smart, critical look on how the rhetoric…

By Daniel Sarewitz My predictions for the next 20 years or so: Natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes and typhoons, earthquakes, and droughts will afflict more people than ever, at greater costs than ever, in poor nations and rich alike.…

Expanding access to reliable energy offers better route to address global challenges, climate and energy scholars say in new report. Drastically improved efforts to provide modern energy access to the poor opens up a new approach to development efforts and…