The Office of Technology Assessment is a long-shuttered body that gave Congress a reliable way to understand the science and technologies reshaping the world. And that has never been replaced.
An article in Fast Company looks at the loss of OTA and how tech policy has evolved over the past 30 years. TPL Co-Director Ryan Calo shares thoughts about the value OTA brought to government.
“It was an impartial repository of interdisciplinary experts who would proactively assist Congress in understanding emerging technology,” he said, “and to do so at a time early enough in its life cycle that it had not become full of special interests that had not grown around it, like barnacles.”
Read the full article here: https://www.fastcompany.com/91378299/office-of-technology-assessment-closed-thirty-years-ago?mvgt=YXjs26zrpEeX