The Center for the Study of Technology and Society (TECSOC) is a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the understanding of the effects of modern science and technology on American values and policy. TECSOC uses research and education to put forth analyses of ethical and policy to promote American strength and competitiveness. ¹

The Center for the Study of Technology and Society is the publisher of The New Atlantis. ²

The New Atlantis

The New Atlantis, founded in 2003 by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is a journal published quarterly by the Center for the Study of Technology and Society. ³ Focused on science, technology, and American politics, The New Atlantis is a nonpartisan journal of public ideas that seeks to be accessible to both the general public and scholars alike, not an academic journal. The New Atlantis publishes essays, articles, and reports written and edited by scientists, medical doctors, engineers, policy analysts, academics, writers, and scholars. ⁴

The New Atlantis promotes a culture where science and technology “work for human beings.” This culture includes the idea that anxiety about technology is potentially dehumanizing and seeks to limit policy that encourages technologies, research practices, and applications of science that increase this dehumanization. The New Atlantis instead advocates for policies and new technology that lessen suffering, increase prosperity, and support a culture of strengthened family and communal bonds. Additionally, The New Atlantis recommends creating new ways of thinking about the intersection of science and politics, by creating institutions and practices where politics are not subservient to science and experts are not excluded from politics. ⁵

Along with its quarterly journal, The New Atlantis’ website features writings and reports on topics like advancing science and medicine for humans, including bioethics and human dignity; science and technology as it affects the planet, including conservation and climate change; and science’s role in politics and how technology should be governed. ⁶

Funding

The Center for the Study of Technology and Society is funded by donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations. While the Center for the Study of Technology and Society does not disclose other donors, tax filings confirm donations from the John Templeton Foundation ($252,920 in 2016), ⁸ the Sarah Scaife Foundation ($100,000 in 2020), ⁹  and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation ($20,000 in 2020). ¹⁰

The Center for the Study of Technology and Society is also funded by subscriptions and donations to The New Atlantis. ¹¹

Board of Directors

Luis Tellez is the president of TECSOC and the Witherspoon Institute. Tellez sits on the advisory council of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. ¹²

Yuval Levin is a senior editor at The New Atlantis, the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and the founder and editor of National Affairs. ¹³

Adam Keiper is a co-founder and former editor of The New Atlantis and the executive editor of The Bulwark. ¹⁴

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