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Roy Amara
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Amara circa 1980
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Roy Charles Amara
7 April 1925 |
| Died | 31 December 2007 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | MIT, Harvard, Stanford |
| Alma mater | Stanford |
| Known for | Amara's law |
| Spouse(s) |
Margaret Frances Terestre
(m. 1949) |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Futurism |
| Institutions | SRI International, IFTF |
Roy Charles Amara (7 April 1925 – 31 December 2007) was an American researcher, scientist, futurist and president of the Institute for the Future best known for coining Amara's law on the effect of technology. He held a BS in Management, an MS in the Arts and Sciences, and a PhD in Systems Engineering, and also worked at the Stanford Research Institute.
Amara's law
His adage about forecasting the effects of technology has become known as Amara's law and states:
We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.
The law has been used in explaining nanotechnology.
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