Technological Dangers

A response to the recent feature "Why the future doesn't need us" by Bill Joy, of Sun Microsystems.

By Bill Joy, chief scientist at Sun Microsystems. "Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech - are threatening to make humans an endangered species." [Wired magazine]

An effort to continue the public dialogue started with computer scientist Bill Joy's apocalyptic vision. From the Center for the Study of Technology and Society in Washington, D.C.

Glenn Reynolds argues that attempting to prevent technological catastrophes by restricting research will only backfire.

Virginia Postrel critiques Bill Joy's recent essay.

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