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Collingridge dilemma
Methodology on technology control
Collingridge dilemma
The Collingridge dilemma is a methodological quandary in which efforts to influence or control the further development of technology face a double-bind problem: An information problem: impacts cannot be easily predicted until the technology is extensively developed and widely used. A power problem: control or change is difficult when the technology has become entrenched. The idea was coined by David Collingridge at the University of Aston Technology Policy Unit in his 1980 book The Social Control of Technology. The dilemma is a basic point of reference in technology assessment debates.
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