Surf these sites: Foresight Institute -- The Foresight Institute''s goal is to guide emerging technologies (especially nanotechnology) to improve the human condition. Nanosocialism -- Seminal paper which argues that nanotechnology projections need to be tempered by realism about what it will be used for in the hands of corporations and governments - but that nanotechnology also offers enormous opportunities for the liberation of humanity. Nanotechnology and the Next 50 Years. -- Nanotechnology is the only realistic solution to the enormous problems facing humanity today, says Prof. Rick Smalley. Those who are skeptical of "technological fixes" should still read this - nanotechnology will be like no other technology the world has known. Nanotechnology makes the SchNEWS -- Molecular nanotechnology, the science of the very small, could make the current furore over genetic engineering seem like a storm in a teacup, writes Robin Green. It''s a technology that could radically reshape everyone''s lives, and depending on how it is controlled, could be a powerful tool for corporations and governments to gain frightening new levels of power and control over ordinary people''s lives - or it could be a startling new tool for liberation. Nanotechnology without Genies -- Critique of the belief system associated with nanotechnology. (However, much of it demonstrates a severe failure to understand the arguments of key nanotechnology advocates.)
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