Description

The technologies that will define the next twenty years are already in development, and the people funding them are not doing it for public benefit. Space infrastructure, synthetic biology, quantum computing, human augmentation, and advanced robotics are all moving from research into application. Who controls these technologies as they mature will determine whether they distribute power more broadly or concentrate it further. That question is not being decided by voters or public institutions. It is being decided right now by the companies and governments writing the checks. Emerging Tech covers the technologies that are not yet dominant but will be, and the contest over who gets to shape what they become.