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The Social Control of Technology

Frances Pinter, London · 1980 edition, 200 pages

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    Early in a technology's development change is easy but its consequences are poorly understood; once the consequences are clear, change has become costly and slow.

    Locator: Chapter 1, 'The dilemma of control'

    Used in: Review and sunset provisions, Lock-in, Governance lock-in, Reversibility window