Experts detail the 3 rules for technological fixes

TEMPE, Ariz.

“These three rules can provide policy makers more clues about the appropriate types of investments and appropriate expectations for the outcomes of those investments,” said Sarewitz, a professor of science and society and co-director of ASU’s Consortium for Science and Policy Outcomes.

“They will help us be smarter about identifying situations where we can expect investments in R&D (research & development) to lead to rapid progress on social problems,” Sarewitz added. “It also will help in distinguishing such situations from those where more R&D is unlikely to make much of a short- or medium-term contribution.”

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