Why the Future Doesn't Need Us - 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]
Special Focus on Bill Joy's Hi-Tech Warning - 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.
Wait a Nano Second... - Glenn Reynolds argues that attempting to prevent technological catastrophes by restricting research will only backfire.
Joy, to the World - Virginia Postrel critiques Bill Joy's recent essay.
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