Sunday, November 1, 2009
Vested Interests vs. public spirit
Toffler's article on technology and innovation painted a rosy and optimistic picture of new and innovative technology for the future. Undoubtably there will be a convergence of a plethora of technologies at blazing speed in an ever changing global economy. However, the distribution of new technology to the public may ultimately be hindered by corporate greed. I hope that the public spirit and not the vested interests of pharmaceutical companies dominates in the near future. It would be great for society to be able to have remote healthcare services and possibly make self surgery at the home. Would drug companies make cellular devices to make drugs in our bodies all the time? How could this be profitable for these companies? I hope drug companies do not obtain patents for the new innovations and withhold these new creations for the sake of profit.
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The way nanotechnology is proceeding now, I share your concern. Just watch a few programs on the Discovery channel and you'll see proposed uses for nanobots such as drug delivery devices, continually analysis of individuals health, military uses like intelligence gathering (since it seems to be lacking) and even as weapons designed to attack only certain individuals. I think GREED is our fatal flaw (in general) which prevents us from sharing more and leads to competition between nations instead of collaborations between them.
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