[extropy-chat] Re: Social Implications of Nanotech

[Gina Miller]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Hanson" <rhanson at gmu.edu>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Re: Social Implications of Nanotech


> At 04:41 PM 11/17/2003 -0500, Chris Phoenix wrote:
> >On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:36:05 -0500, Robin Hanson wrote:
> > > We should consider both
> > > conventional nanotech scenarios and radical ones, such as described in
> > > Unbounding the Future and Diamond Age.
> >
> >Would this audience be completely lost if you referenced Nanosystems
> >instead?
>
> No.  I was just trying to point more to social scenarios than howto
> scenarios, and I couldn't remember if Nanosystems discussed social
scenarios.

I would consider _Nanosystems_ the theoretical, technical analysis and
design of molecular machinery.
The social scenarios are discussed in _Unbounding the Future_ and _Engines
of Creation_.

Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
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