Event
Emergent Technology - Making Technologies Emerge: Commercialized Military Power Since 1945
3803 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA
This event is presented by The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy.
FOR CENTURIES, WARFARE HAS BEEN A SPUR TO TECHNOLOGICAL innovations that have spilled over into civilian use, often with great benefits to society at large. The breakthrough technologies of World War II, and the continued high level of funding for military research that followed, accelerated this process, profoundly shaping our current lives. But the effects run in the other direction as well: as technologies are disseminated and transformed through commercial use, it creates new threats and opportunities for military operations. Our panelists explore both how the military can more effectively incubate new technologies and the implications, in arenas such as cyber, of losing its monopoly on their use.
Featured Speakers
Melissa Flagg, Perry World House Visiting Fellow
Rebecca Slayton, Associate Professor of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University
Susan Lindee, Janice and Julian Bers Professor of the History and Sociology of Science