2016

Please see below selected recent innovation-related change. 

See also: Halcyon Innovation Headlines

June 2018 

In spite of spectacular strides in science and technology, and still unlimited ones to come, something basic is missing. There is a sort of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers - Martin Luther King

This evolving paper will examine the overall Ethical Development Goals (EDGs) that Halcyon is developing to complement the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Introduction

The EDGs are inspired by the SDGs, officially known as ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, an intergovernmental set of aspiration Goals with 169 targets.

Please see below selected recent ethics-related change.

See also: Halcyon Ethics Headlines

2018

• While think tanks, activists, and academics are adapting their approaches to increase the chances that future technical innovation will be ethical and aligned with social benefit, most of the organisations doing the inventing are not. There is investment in compliance, policy, and research, but little to adapt methods to operationalise ethics in these incredibly fast-moving times, warned Medium, asking how can organisations working at the bleeding edge of technology design for and invest in process that informs governance and operationalises ethics?

Please see below recent water-related change, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal goal six (SDG 6) of ensuring clean water and sanitation by 2030.

See also: Halcyon Water Headlines

July 2018