The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices will Createthe Future

Technology is advancing faster than ever - but for better or for worse? On the one hand astonishing technology developments such as personalized genomics self-driving cars drones and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier safer and easier. On the other hand these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future - eugenics a jobless economy a complete loss of privacy and an ever-worsening spiral of economic inequality. How can we make appropriate decisions about whether and how to adopt new technologies? Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever propose that we ask three questions: Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? Does the technology more strongly promote autonomy or independence? They subject a host of new and potential technologies to these questions but ultimately it is up to the reader to make the final decision.