Life in 2050, Adaptive Technological Innovations, and Their Challenges: An STS Critique

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Abstract: The three key changes: a growing population, an aging population, and urbanization, will have significant social, environmental, and economic impacts on the human population. This thesis examines technologies that stem from the challenges of the three global changes. The growing population will lead to increased demands for food, which can be addressed by cultured meat production. By 2050, it is projected that there will be an 80% increase in demand for animal protein, which makes meat production one of the most pressing| challenges the world will face in the coming years. This thesis employs STS frameworks to explore the impact of the projected changes in the global population demographic, identifies how the three emerging technologies could address the rising challenges, and critiques the challenges that these new technologies are facing. A thorough understanding of these technologies will facilitate critical discussions that address how we should tackle some of the largest challenges of the future.I urge people to| overcome the tendency and temptation to resort to simplifying these technologies into their techno-economical impacts, and set higher standards for the technologists, engineers, and corporations creating these technologies to understand the wider implications of the technology more comprehensively. address the demand for meat while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Type of resource	text
Date created	2016

Author	Luk, Alina
Primary advisor	McGinn, Robert

Subject	Alina Luk
Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Program in Science Technology and Society
Subject	STS
Subject	Adaptive Technological Innovations
Subject	Honors Thesis
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/pd723wt1421

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Preferred Citation: Luk, Alina (2016). Life in 2050, Adaptive Technological Innovations, and Their Challenges: An STS Critique. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/pd723wt1421

Stanford University, Program in Science, Technology and Society, Honors Theses

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