There is sort of a continuing problem of putting a moral template on the future that is based on the morality of today.
Howard RheingoldThere are actual communication systems being built to enable eye surgeons to get inside the eye, and vascular surgeons to get inside the arteries. You could see a social reaction in which people would want to regulate this technology because they are threatened by it, and thereby cause a lot of harm. There are several scenarios that are happening at once. The other scenario is that the Japanese are going for this in a big way.
Howard RheingoldHumans are humans because we are able to communicate with each other and to organize to do things together that we can't do individually.
Howard RheingoldThe world is restructuring, and all of the enemies that used to exist are kind of gone, so now they are looking out for new enemies.
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