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How Much Tech Risk Should Be Taken In The Name Of Progress?

By Steve Goldstein
Published: Friday, March 30, 2018 - 12:44pm
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In addition to technological and safety questions, the recent fatal accident involving an autonomous Uber vehicle has raised some moral and ethical concerns as well.

How much risk are we willing to take in the name of progress? Are there certain people who will be left behind — literally and figuratively — as a result of tech advances?

Michael Bennett, associate research professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at ASU, joined The Show to tackle some of these questions.

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