characterized by its defense of the natural, deployed as a moral category. Although techno-progressivism is the stance which contrasts with bioconservatism in the biopolitical spectrum, both techno-progressivism and bioconservatism, in their more moderate expressions, share an opposition to unsafe, unfair, undemocratic forms of technological development, and both recognize that such developmental modes can facilitate unacceptable recklessness and exploitation, exacerbate injustice and incubate dangerous social discontent. List of notable techno-progressive social critics Technocritic Dale Carrico with his accounts of techno-progressivism Philosopher Donna Haraway with her accounts of cyborg theory. Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff with his accounts of open source. Cultural critic Mark Dery and his accounts of cyberculture. Science journalist Chris Mooney with his account of the U.S. Republican Party's "war on science". Futurist Bruce Sterling with his Viridian design movement. Futurist Alex Steffen and his accounts of bright green environmentalism through the Worldchanging blog. Science journalist Annalee Newitz with her accounts of the Biopunk. Bioethicist James Hughes of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies with his accounts of democratic transhumanism. Controversy Technocritic Dale Carrico, who has used "techno-progressive" as a shorthand to describe progressive politics that emphasize technoscientific issues, has expressed concern that some "transhumanists" are using the term to describe themselves, with the consequence of possibly misleading the public regarding their actual cultural, social and political views, which may or may not be compatible with critical techno-progressivism. See also Algocracy Body modification Bioethics Biopolitics Digital freedom Free software movement Frontierism Fordism High modernism Manifest Destiny New Frontier Post-scarcity economy Scientism Technocentrism Technological progress Techno-utopianism Transhumanist politics Progress References External links Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies Overview of Biopolitics Ideologies Technology in society Political ideologies Progressivism Humanism Science and technology studies Transhumanism Ethics Transhumanist politics