[ExI] war on nanotech and national security: RE: The Manifesto of Italian Transhumanists

[spike]

Note new subject line when the topic has (thank you very much) wandered off
of the manifesto of Italian Transhumanists (oy vey).  The Italian
Transhumanist manifesto thread is killed for the time being.  

spike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org 
> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of 
> Bryan Bishop
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 9:11 AM
> To: ExI chat list
> Subject: Re: [ExI] The Manifesto of Italian Transhumanists
> 
> On Saturday 08 March 2008, John Grigg wrote:
> > On 3/7/08, Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Friday 07 March 2008, John Grigg wrote:
> > > > In the name of national security (and the unspoken desire of 
> > > > corporations to keep their stranglehold on the economy) we will 
> > > > see the possibility of nanotech "anything boxes" most likely 
> > > > squelched
> > >
> > > You have nanotech (bacteria) all around you. And it's not 
> squelched.
> >
> > We humans need tools to research and utilize nanotech.  I see 
> > governments using a "war on drugs" approach if necessary to 
> halt "home 
> > nanotech."  But then again, the war on drugs has in many 
> ways been a 
> > failure.
> 
> War on nanotech -> kill all your cells?
...
> - Bryan
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