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Technological progress has a massive impact on how we live together on Earth. It enables modern lifestyles and creates prosperity. But the consequences are not always positive: think of man-made climate change, the problem of final disposal of radioactive waste or manipulated information on the Internet. So how can we identify the opportunities and risks of new technologies before their effects become apparent? What do we need to pay attention to when we consider the many possible "technological futures"? And how can knowledge about them contribute to the well-being of all of us? This is where technology assessment - often abbreviated to "TA" - comes in. Armin Grunwald, a long-standing expert in the field, explains what the scientific field of technology assessment is all about. 00:01 - 02:30 Why is technology assessment necessary at all? 02:33 - 04:25 What topics does TA deal with? 04:26 - 05:11 What do we actually understand by technology consequences? 05:12 – 06:42 Who is involved in TA? 06:43 – 08:01 Who is TA aimed at? 08:02 – 09:25 What methods does TA use? 09:26 – 10:23 How is the TA community developing? Armin Grunwald heads the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) and the Office for Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag. He is Professor of Philosophy of Technology at the Institute of Philosophy at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). More information: https://www.itas.kit.edu/ https://www.tab-beim-bundestag.de/