  The computing research community needs to work much harder to address the
downsides of our innovations. Between the erosion of privacy, threats to
democracy, and automation's effect on employment (among many other issues), we
can no longer simply assume that our research will have a net positive impact
on the world. While bending the arc of computing innovation towards societal
benefit may at first seem intractable, we believe we can achieve substantial
progress with a straightforward step: making a small change to the peer review
process. As we explain below, we hypothesize that our recommended change will
force computing researchers to more deeply consider the negative impacts of
their work. We also expect that this change will incentivize research and
policy that alleviates computing's negative impacts.
