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Playbook For Ethical Tech Governance

Governments and leaders are required to regulate change while mitigating risk, so IFTF's Governance Futures Lab developed this decision-making guide for them. In a world where technologies are transforming faster than we can keep up, anticipatory governance is crucial in order to safeguard against both the intended and unintended effects of technological advances.

Organization: Institute For The Future
Published Year: 2021

The document explores the concept of “pet governance,” examining how digital technologies and data-driven systems are increasingly used to manage, monitor, and influence human behavior in ways that resemble the care and control of pets.

It highlights the implications of this trend for personal autonomy, privacy, and the future of governance, urging readers to consider the ethical and societal impacts of such systems.