Episode Description:
Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science & Technology studies at Harvard Kennedy School and author of “The Ethics of Invention”, in conversation with Kris Østergaard, on ethics in a technologically accelerating world, how to mitigate unintended consequences of one’s innovations and the danger of technological determinism.
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Episode Highlights
- 2:09 Introduction to Sheila’s academic & professional journey
- 5:48 What is ethics and what makes something ethical?
- 11:09 What is technological determinism?
- 20:40 Unintended consequences and their role
- 28:11 How to move an organization ethically into the future?
- 32:27 Creating winners and losers during invention
- 43:33 Entrepreneurs taking responsibility for their inventions, Y/N?
- 48:20 Who gets to decide for the public good?
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