To seed or not to seed: Estimating the ethical value of directed panspermia
Acta Astronautica Elsevier BV 232 (2025) 397-404
Differential technology development: speeding up to slow down disasters?
Chapter in Technopolitcs: charting the unknow, Editora Dialética (2024)
Abstract:
One of the earliest attempts at steering and applying technology in a socially beneficial way may have been Mohism, the school of Mo Zi during the Warring States era in China. Being committed to a harmonious (if authoritarian) peaceful social order they tried to dissuade rulers from attacking other states – and to develop and spread knowledge of defensive warfare, aiding cities and states under attack. The aim was to make aggressive war impractical. This may also be the earliest attempt to speed up certain technologies to reduce the harm done by other technologies.Risk-sensitive innovation: leveraging interactions between technologies to navigate technology risks
Science and Public Policy Oxford University Press (OUP) 51:6 (2024) 1028-1041
Volcano engineering for food resiliency: uncertainty and ethics
Copernicus Publications (2024)
Sustainability: We need to focus on overall system outcomes rather than simplistic targets
People and Nature Wiley-Blackwell (2024)