Own the Unknown: An Anticipatory Approach to Prepare Society for the Quantum Age

Quantum technology promises to shift the boundaries of what machines can do. Advancing our capacities acquire, process and transmit information, quantum has potential impact nearly all domains in society. Therefore, we should start anticipating future role ethical, legal, social policy implications that come with it. One way informing ourselves about how do this is by making use historical analogies. The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) developed a framework embedding so-called system technologies into society based on analysis dealt such past. In article, conceptual reinterpreted as an anticipatory strategy prepare vice versa. proposed five dimensions: (1) countering unrealistic perceptions (demystification), (2) investing facilitating socio-technical environment (contextualisation), (3) engaging stakeholders civil (engagement), (4) creating flexible frameworks (regulation) (5) developing international ‘quantum diplomacy’ (positioning). By actively these processes, enables itself guide development its within