Technology is a fundamental resource for human development.
Technology is a fundamental resource for human development.
Technological change has intended and unintended consequences.
Technological change has intended and unintended consequences.
How should we control the development of technology?
How should we control the development of technology?
Technology must be harnessed for the good of humanity and the planet.
Technology must be harnessed for the good of humanity and the planet.
Magazine
Latest Issue
Technology for Governance, Politics, and Democracy
Efficiency Versus Creativity as Organizing Principles of Socio-Technical Systems
April 10, 2019
AUTHOR: Ada Diaconescu
FILED UNDER: Commentary, Entries, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
FILED UNDER: Commentary, Entries, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
What sense of worth and dignity can a person have when their daily activities are confined within systemic contraptions where personal input, originality, and initiative are either undesirable, or quantified as targets to be maximized?
The Democracy Lag
March 28, 2019
AUTHOR: Caroline Lucas
FILED UNDER: Editorial & Opinion, Entries, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
FILED UNDER: Editorial & Opinion, Entries, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
U.K. democracy is out of date. It isn’t built to deal with digital tools that have unprecedented potential to manipulate the public.
Past IEEE SSIT President Gerald L. Engel Dies at Age 76
Gerald (Jerry) Engel, a past President of IEEE-SSIT, has died.
Upcoming Events
IST-Africa 2019 Conference
May 8 - May 10IEEE Global Humanitarian Conference (GHTC) 2019
October 17 - October 20
The Latest
Call for Papers — Special Issue of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
April 20, 2019The key question for the future is that with all the investment in new technologies, by both governments and business organizations, can regulation keep up with developments?
JOIN SSIT