1. Policy Issues in Nanotechnology
There are a multitude of issues surrounding nanotech, including, but not limited to, issues of safety, need fulfillment, accountability, control, the "gray goo" problem (which refers to the likelihood of self-replicating rogue nano-machines feeding off the biosphere) and resistance from nature. Safety, control and the "gray goo" problem refer to rogue machines, but also refer to the need (or lack thereof) for humans in an intelligent robotic society; Need fulfillment refers to why we need this technology; and accountability refers to the issue of moral uses of the technology (will this technol...
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