Differential technological development

Differential technological development is a strategy proposed by transhumanist philosopher Nick Bostrom in which societies would seek to influence the sequence in which emerging technologies developed. On this approach, societies would strive to retard the development of harmful technologies and their applications, while accelerating the development of beneficial technologies, especially those that offer protection against the harmful ones.^[1]

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^ Bostrom, Nick (2002). Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios. Retrieved 2006-02-21.

Emerging technologies

Technology

Fields

Agriculture	Agricultural robot In vitro meat Genetically modified food Precision agriculture Vertical farming

Biomedical	Ampakine Brain transplant Cryonics Cells Alive System freezers Full genome sequencing Genetic engineering Gene therapy Personalized medicine Regenerative medicine Stem cell treatments Tissue engineering Head transplant Isolated brain Robotic surgery Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence Suspended animation Synthetic biology Synthetic genomics

Displays	Autostereoscopy Holographic display Next generation of display technology Screenless display Bionic contact lens Head-mounted display Head-up display Virtual retinal display

Electronics	Electronic nose Electronic textile Flexible electronics Memristor Spintronics Thermal copper pillar bump

Energy	Energy storage Beltway battery Carbon neutral fuel Compressed air energy storage Flywheel energy storage Grid energy storage Lithium air battery Molten salt battery Nanowire battery Silicon air battery Thermal energy storage Ultracapacitor Fusion power Molten salt reactor Renewable energy Airborne wind turbine Artificial photosynthesis Biofuels Carbon negative fuel Concentrated solar power Home fuel cell Hydrogen economy Nantenna Solar roadway Space-based solar power Smart grid Contactless energy transfer

IT and communications	Artificial intelligence Applications of artificial intelligence Progress in artificial intelligence Machine translation Machine vision Semantic Web Speech recognition Atomtronics Cybermethodology Fourth-generation optical discs 3D optical data storage Holographic data storage GPGPU Memory CBRAM FRAM Millipede MRAM NRAM PRAM Racetrack memory RRAM SONOS Optical computing Quantum computing Quantum cryptography RFID Three-dimensional integrated circuit

Manufacturing	3D printing Contour Crafting Claytronics Molecular assembler Utility fog

Materials science	Graphene High-temperature superconductivity High-temperature superfluidity Metamaterials Metamaterial cloaking Multi-function structures Nanotechnology Carbon nanotubes Molecular nanotechnology Nanomaterials Programmable matter Quantum dots

Military	Antimatter weapon Directed-energy weapon Laser Maser Particle beam weapon Sonic weapon Electromagnetic weapon Coilgun Railgun Plasma weapon Pure fusion weapon

Neuroscience	Artificial brain Blue Brain Project Electroencephalography Mind uploading Brain-reading Neuroinformatics Neuroprosthetics Bionic eye Brain implant Exocortex Retinal implant

Robotics	Nanorobotics Powered exoskeleton Self-reconfiguring modular robot Swarm robotics

Transport	Adaptive Compliant Wing Alternative fuel vehicle Hydrogen vehicle Backpack helicopter Driverless car Flying car Ground effect train Jet pack Interstellar travel Laser propulsion Maglev train Non-rocket spacelaunch Mass driver Orbital ring Skyhook Space elevator Space fountain Space tether Personal rapid transit Plasma propulsion engine Helicon thruster VASIMR Pulse detonation engine Nuclear pulse propulsion Scramjet Solar sail Spaceplane Supersonic transport Tweel Vactrain

Other	Anti-gravity Arcology Cloak of invisibility Digital scent technology Domed city Force field Plasma window Immersive virtual reality Magnetic refrigeration Phased-array optics Quantum technology Quantum teleportation

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Collingridge dilemma
Differential technological development
Ephemeralization
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Proactionary principle
Technological change
Technological convergence
Technological evolution
Technological unemployment
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Technology roadmap
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