Juma, Calestous (Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of Science, Technology, Globalization, Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of Science, Technology, Globalization, Belfer Center for Scienc

Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies Juma, Calestous (Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of Science, Technology, Globalization, Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of Science, Technology, Globalization, Belfer Center for Scienc

New technologies may be heralded as life-changing innovations or feared as risks to moral values, human health, and environmental safety. Anxieties surrounding technology are often heightened by perceptions that their benefits will accrue to small sections of society while the risks are more widely distributed. Innovation and Its Enemies identifies the tension between the need for innovation and the pressure to maintain continuity, social order andstability as one of today's biggest policy challenges.