# Unintended consequences

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Edward Tenner
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/edward_tenner_unintended_consequences)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional and unexpected. Historian Edward Tenner tells stories that illustrate the under-appreciated gap between our ability to innovate and our ability to foresee the consequences.

## Lectures

1. [Unintended consequences](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/edward_tenner_unintended_consequences/886a6433a00a), 16 min (TED's player)