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- 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.
www.cla.sc.edu/THSP/faculty/berube/nanosoc.htm
- Nanotechnology and the Next 50 Years - According to this essay by Prof. Rick Smalley, nanotechnology is the only realistic solution to some of the enormous problems facing humanity today. Interesting reading for those who are skeptical of "technological fixes."
cnst.rice.edu/dallas12-96.html
- 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.)
www.geniebusters.org
- Nanotechnology: The Coming Molecular Revolution - Student report on the potential for nanotechnology from a management point of view.
nanotech.about.com/science/nanotech/library/weekly/aa122400a.htm
- Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Report from an interdisplinary workshop held at the National Science Foundation (U.S.), covering a range of topics in the area of ethical, legal, social, cultural, medical, political, and environmental implications.
itri.loyola.edu/nano/NSET.Societal.Implications
- The Foresight Institute - Foresight's goal is to guide emerging technologies to improve the human condition - it focuses on nanotechnology and "systems that will enhance knowledge exchange and critical discussion, thus improving public and private policy decisions".
www.foresight.org
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