Technological Dangers (Human Extinction)

Technological Dangers Sites:

Joy, to the World Joy, to the World: Virginia Postrel critiques Bill Joy's recent essay. (Technological Dangers) http://reason.com/0006/co.vp.joy.html Complexity and Being at the Mercy of Machines Complexity and Being at the Mercy of Machines: A response to the recent feature "Why the future doesn't need us" by Bill Joy, of Sun Microsystems. (Technological Dangers) http://www.spark-online.com/april00/trends/wacker.html Special Focus on Bill Joy's Hi-Tech Warning 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. (Technological Dangers) http://www.tecsoc.org/innovate/focusbilljoy.htm Wait a Nano Second... Wait a Nano Second...: Glenn Reynolds argues that attempting to prevent technological catastrophes by restricting research will only backfire. (Technological Dangers) http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment070500c.html Why the Future Doesn't Need Us 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] (Technological Dangers) http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html