Americans for Intelligence Reform

Brad Johnson, President, and retired CIA Senior Officer and Chief of Staff. Insight into current events from an intelligence angle.

TECHNOLOGY’S FUTURE: THE COLLINGRIDGE DILEMMA   

“The [Collingridge] dilemma runs thus: ‘attempting to control a [new] technology is difficult … because during its early stages, when it can be controlled, not enough can be known about its harmful social consequences to warrant controlling its development; but by the time these consequences are apparent, control has become costly and slow.’”                                                                        D. […]