THE NANOTECHNOLOGY AGENDA:
MOLECULAR MACHINES AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
IN THE 21st CENTURY
By Ed Merta
Health Sciences Center Library
University of New Mexico
emerta@salud.unm.edu
Note: the views in this paper are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of New Mexico or the UNM Health Sciences Center Libary
I. Things to Come: Technology in the 21st Century
It began long ago on the windswept plains of an Earth no one will see again. Sometime within the last 150,000 years, modern humans first evolved and technology as we know it arose shortly thereafter. The two events are inseparable. The earliest Homo sapiens were different than the apes who came before. Their large, sophisticated brains and their ability for conscious thought set them apart and made them our kin. Blood of our blood, flesh of our flesh. In their brains lurked the potential to comprehend the world around them to an unprecedented degree, discern its inner......
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