Collingridge dilemma
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article or section needs to be wikified to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please help improve this article with relevant internal links. (August 2007) |
The Collingridge dilemma is a methodological quandary in which efforts to control technology development face a double-bind problem:
- an information problem: impacts cannot be easily predicted until the technology is extensively developed and widely used.
- a power problem: control or change is difficult when the technology has become entrenched.
The idea was coined by David Collinridge, The University of Aston, Technology Policy Unit, in his 1980 book The Social Control of Technology (New York: St. Martin's Press; London: Pinter) ISBN 031273168x
