by Andrew Maynard | Nov 8, 2018 | Films from the Future, Future, Responsible Innovation, Technology Innovation
Through this book, I’ve set out to show how science fiction movies can help point the way along this journey, flawed as they are. As I’ve been researching and writing it, I’ve developed a deeper appreciation of how the movies here can expand our appreciation of the complex relationship between technology and society, not because they are accurate or prescient, but precisely because they are not tethered to scientific accuracy or to realistic predictions of the future.
by Andrew Maynard | May 25, 2018 | Emerging Technology, Films from the Future, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future, Moviegoer's Guide to the Future, Responsible Innovation
The big news is that I’ve just signed a book deal with the publisher Mango! The working title for the book is The Moviegoer’s Guide to the Future (Update: the final title is Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies), and...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 22, 2015 | Technology Innovation
From smart phones to cancer cures, we depend on technology innovation more now than at any point in human history. Yet in a cruel twist of irony, emerging technologies that could help improve lives and protect the environment may ultimately end up doing more harm than good. That is, unless new approaches to responsible innovation are developed and adopted…
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 15, 2015 | Future, Public Health, Technology Innovation
The challenges of governing emerging technologies are highlighted by the World Economic Forum in the 2015 edition of its Global Risks Report. Focusing in particular on synthetic biology, gene drives and artificial intelligence, the report warns that these and other...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 14, 2013 | Emerging Technology
The World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies has just published its annual list of the top ten emerging technology trends. Based on expert assessment from council members and others, the list provides insight into technologies that have the...
