Our Scans · (SFR.3.02) Adverse Technological Advances · Weekly Summary

• Cooperation with China will be vital in tackling transnational challenges, particularly climate change and biodiversity loss. UK Government
• Bioenergy carbon capture and storage could deliver roughly 55 million tonnes of net negative emissions a year in the UK by the 2050s. edie.net
• With current rules, improvement in light-duty fuel economy will save up to 2.6 million barrels per day in the coming decades, according to EIA estimates. The Fuse
• FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is currently using modeling and simulation to predict clinical outcomes. FDA Blogs
• Strategies to reduce adverse reactions and toxicities and larger players like Novartis taking stage will push CAR T therapy ahead. KAIT8
• The World Economic Forum recently indicated that it expected 5.1 million jobs to be lost globally by 2020 due to automation. Digitalist Magazine
• Smart technology and more efficient manufacturing methods could go a long way towards reducing waste. 3D Print
• Virtual and augmented reality will have pros and cons, but like other technologies with negative side effects, for instance, loud headphones that can damage the eardrums, such side effects don't prevent people from using them. Kernel Mag
• Over-regulation will have a dramatically negative effect on the potential of the drone marketplace. Consumer Technology Association
• Biometry, head-up displays, and artificial intelligence are expected to have a positive impact (i.e. to reduce distraction) by the majority of telematics/automotive companies. Europa
• The negative effects of widespread automation could be offset by reduced costs of goods and services and by the wider population sharing in greater profits from lowering the cost of production. ZDNet
• Risk management and hedging mechanisms such as weather insurance will be an important component of doing business in parts of the food-and-agribusiness value chain. McKinsey & Company
• Further development of renewable energy technologies will require upgrading existing power grid systems in order to successfully manage decentralised power generation and distribution. World Energy Council
• Much will depend on how effectively government policies make firms internalize negative externalities and moti- vate firms to innovate and seek technological breakthroughs. World Bank
• Potential effects on the environment, long term and short term will be integrated routinely into engineering design and planning. National Academy of Engineering
• Advances in diagnostic technologies and the ability to demonstrate clinical utility will be key for moving Personalized Medicine forward. Life Science Foresight Institute
• The decay of technological infrastructure will continue at least through the end of the next decade. Carnegie Endowment
• A significant majority of technology experts and stakeholders participating in the fourth Future of the Internet survey say it improves social relations and will continue to do so through 2020. Pew
• Aging and population decline in Taiwan will likely mean negative effects on productivity, as well as a natural decline in the available pool of educated workers for the technology industry. National Interest
• Taiwan now has the world's lowest birthrate, with the National Development Council projecting meaningful declines as soon as 2021 or 2022, with likely negative effects on productivity as well as on the available pool of younger, educated workers available to the technology industry. Carnegie Endowment
• The World Economic Forum's 2018 Global Risk Report warns of potential adverse consequences of technological advances. Via Satellite
• Most negative effects of technology change on organisations will be paralysis from data overload and a deterioration of employees' work/life balance. Economist

Last updated: 19 June 2026