Potentially Marginalized Technologies, Ranked

by The Awl February 2, 2015

by Caroline O’Donovan

12. Emerging technology: biometrics
Potentially marginalized technology: keys

11. Emerging technology: driverless car
Potentially marginalized technology: driver’s licenses

10. Emerging technology: artificial uterus
Potentially marginalized technology: motherhood

9. Emerging technology: in vitro meat
Potentially marginalized technology: fishing

8. Emerging technology: genetic engineering
Potentially marginalized technology: tattoo artistry

7. Emerging technology: powered exoskeleton
Potentially marginalized technology: wheelchairs, forklifts

6. Emerging technology: exocortex
Potentially marginalized technology: libraries, pocket calculators

5. Emerging technology: e-learning
Potentially marginalized technology: transport of humans

4. Emerging technology: immersive virtual reality
Potentially marginalized technology: consensus reality

3. Emerging technology: cloak of invisibility
Potentially marginalized technology: camouflage

2. Emerging technology: artificial intelligence
Potentially marginalized technology: human decision

1. Emerging technology: cryonics
Potentially marginalized technology: cemeteries