The Center for the Study of Technology and Society is a nonprofit research and educational organization in Washington, D.C. Its mission is to improve the nation’s understanding of the crucial moral and political questions raised by modern science and technology. It aims to promote American strength and competitiveness and to defend American values; to shape critical ethical and policy debates with information and analysis; to inform leaders in the fields of science, politics, industry, and culture with publications that probe the deeper meaning of advanced technologies; and to articulate the human aspirations that drive the scientific enterprise.
The Center is the publisher of The New Atlantis, a quarterly journal about science, technology, and American politics. The New Atlantis was founded in 2003 by the Ethics and Public Policy Center.