Can everyday folks play a constructive role in complex decisions involving science and technology? … With variants of the consensus conference model now diffusing in Europe, I suspect that the question is not whether the model will eventually be tried in the U.S., but when and where.
Predictor: Sclove, Richard
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article titled “Democratizing Technology,” from In Context issue number 41, “Business on a Small Planet,” Richard Sclove writes: ”Can everyday folks play a constructive role in complex decisions involving science and technology? … With variants of the consensus conference model now diffusing in Europe, I suspect that the question is not whether the model will eventually be tried in the U.S., but when and where.”
Biography:Richard Sclove was founder and an advisory board member of The Loka Institute, a nonprofit organization in Amherst, Mass., dedicated to making research, science and technology responsive to social and environmental concerns. He is also the author of the book “Democracy and Technology” (1995). (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Global Relationships/Politics
Subtopic: Democracy
Name of publication: In Context
Title, headline, chapter name: Democratizing Technology
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC41?Sclove.htm
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Taylor, Kellen L.