Research and analysis

Future of identity: lessons from previous technological breakthroughs

Report looking at the impact of previous technological breakthroughs on views of identity.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 21 January 2013

Documents

Can histories of previous technological breakthroughs, drawn from the 20th and 21st centuries and including recent technologies, tell us anything about how identities might change over the next 10 years and why? (DR1)

Ref: BIS/13/503

PDF, 324 KB, 28 pages

Details

This report examines previous technological breakthroughs to see if they can tell us anything about how identities might change over the next 10 years. It focuses on 3 areas of technological innovation:

• energy
• domestic appliances
• genetic technologies

This review was commissioned as part of the Foresight project on the future of identity in the UK.

Published 21 January 2013