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Collingridge Dilemma

About the so-called “uncertainty principle of new technology”

It has been stated that the new technology possesses an inherent characteristic that makes it hard to secure. This characteristic is articulated by David Collingridge in what many would like to see accepted axiomatically and even call it the “Collingridge Dilemma” to underscore its immutability: That, when a technology is new (and therefore its spread ...

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