TY - CHAP
T1 - National citizens’ technology forum
T2 - Nanotechnologies and human enhancement
AU - Hamlett, Patrick
AU - Cobb, Michael D.
AU - Guston, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Many observers believe that the “converging technologies” of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technologies, and cognitive science (NBIC) could lead to radical and pervasive enhancements of human abilities. Both supporters and critics of NBIC technologies acknowledge that their continued development and deployment portend dramatic social and cultural challenges. Stakeholders see a need for informed citizen input early in the process of developing such technologies. Indeed, the legislation that authorizes the US National Nanotechnology Initiative (P.L. 108-93) speaks to the importance of public input in decision-making about such research and development.
AB - Many observers believe that the “converging technologies” of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technologies, and cognitive science (NBIC) could lead to radical and pervasive enhancements of human abilities. Both supporters and critics of NBIC technologies acknowledge that their continued development and deployment portend dramatic social and cultural challenges. Stakeholders see a need for informed citizen input early in the process of developing such technologies. Indeed, the legislation that authorizes the US National Nanotechnology Initiative (P.L. 108-93) speaks to the importance of public input in decision-making about such research and development.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-1787-9_16
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-1787-9_16
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84926441864
SN - 9789400717862
SP - 265
EP - 283
BT - Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future
PB - Springer Netherlands
ER -