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Technological Nightmares (Lecture): Accountability of Representatives

Technological Nightmares (Lecture): Accountability of Representatives

Published: April 2, 2008, 3:29 pm
Updated: April 2, 2008, 3:29 pm
Lead Author: Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study o
Topics: Human Development
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This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Adil Najam

Series: Pardee Center Distinguished Lecture Series
Date: October 2003
Location: Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University, Boston, MA

Accountability of Representatives

As technology becomes more arcane and specialized, political decisions require training and understanding confined to very small circles. Questions such as “what is the correct missile system” or “how much should the exchange rate be varied (or left to market forces)?” are highly technical. Must then technocracy replace democracy. If so, how can technocrats be made socially sensitive and politically accountable? Or are we to be delivered into the band of what C. Wright Mills called “technological crackpots?”



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Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study o (Lead Author);Adil Najam (Topic Editor) "Technological Nightmares (Lecture): Accountability of Representatives". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth April 2, 2008; Last revised Date April 2, 2008; Retrieved February 10, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Technological_Nightmares_%28Lecture%29:_Accountability_of_Representatives>

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Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-RangeThe mission of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is to serve as a forum for representatives and experts from a broad range of disciplines to take an informed, rigorous, and thoughtful look at the multiple forces that will shape our global community in the next 35 to 200 years, and determine what specific impact they may have on our lives. The overarching mission of the Center is to serve as a leading academic nucleus for the study of the future and to prod ... (Full Bio)

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