OpinionNovember 21, 2019
The Downside of Tech Hype
It makes it harder for scientists, engineers and policy makers to understand how technology is changing and make good decisions
Stories by Jeffrey Funk
Jeffrey Funk taught a course on the economics of new technologies at the National University of Singapore for seven years. He also received the NTT DoCoMo Mobile Science Award for his research on the social science aspects of mobile communication. His fall 2019 paper in Issues in Science & Technology "What's Behind Technological Hype" explores the issue in more detail.