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How risky are the World Economic Forum’s top 10 emerging technologies for 2016?

  • Written by Andrew Maynard, Director, Risk Innovation Lab, Arizona State University
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Take an advanced technology. Add a twist of fantasy. Stir well, and watch the action unfold.

It’s the perfect recipe for a Hollywood tech-disaster blockbuster. And clichéd as it is, it’s the scenario that we too often imagine for emerging technologies. Think superintelligent...

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