by Andrew Maynard | Nov 15, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, Films from the Future, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Future, Responsible Innovation, Technology Innovation
If there’s one line that stands the test of time in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic “Jurassic Park,” it’s probably Jeff Goldblum’s exclamation, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Goldblum’s...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 29, 2018 | Emerging Technology, Films from the Future, Future, Responsible Innovation, Synthetic Biology, Technology Innovation
I was a newly minted Ph.D. when I first saw Jurassic Park. It was June 1993, and my wife and I were beginning to enjoy our new-found freedom, after years of too much study and too little money. I must confess that we weren’t dinosaur geeks. But there was something about the hype surrounding the movie that hooked us. Plus, we fancied a night out.