Advantages of Nanotechnology

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The Advantages of Nanotechnology

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As fantastical technologies begin to crawl closer and closer from the horizon , it has become critical for society to examine their implications . Traditionally , discussions of new technology have been bifurcated along two camps : the skeptics who veer between moderate caution to outright alarm over the potentially damaging effects technology can have upon us as a whole , and the optimists who celebrate technology as the enabler of individual potential and improvement to the human

condition . The former , are at worst , depicted as conservatives standing in the way of progress , while the latter have been denounced as secular types with little regard for morality and spirituality

Transhumanist philosopher Raymond Kurzweil (166-69 ) opines that accelerating technological progress is not only a good thing , but the inevitable extension of a human history that has seen exponential change . Kurzweil opines that the convergence of massive technological advances will result in The Singularity , an epoch in which society will experience tremendous positive changes brought about by merging human creativity with technological nigh-omnipotence . Don Closson (2002 argues a more caution viewpoint : while it is difficult to deny the societal and individual benefits which technology can confer upon mankind as a whole , it is critical that such technologies be also scrutinized for their political , cultural and spiritual consequences Bio-enhancement poses threats to politics and civil rights technological standardization and increasing cultural technicism could hollow out cultural life and humanity . However , both camps...