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Collingridge dilemma: a standalone construct

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Science and technology studies

the bind that a technology's impacts are hard to foresee while it is easy to change, and hard to change once they are clear.

In science and technology studies, Collingridge dilemma refers to the bind that a technology's impacts are hard to foresee while it is easy to change, and hard to change once they are clear. This meaning comes from Liebert (2010) in Poiesis & Praxis.[1]

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Liebert, W., & Schmidt, J. C. (2010). Collingridge’s dilemma and technoscience: An attempt to provide a clarification from the perspective of the philosophy of science. Poiesis & Praxis, 7(1-2), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10202-010-0078-2

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