I posted this a week ago:
http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2004/09012004/september04corp2.html
Multinational Monitor
September 2004 - VOLUME 25 - NUMBERS 9
T h e P r e c a u t i o n a r y P r i n c i p l e
Welcome to NanoWorld
Nanotechnology and
the Precautionary Principle Imperative
By
I think your fears are well-founded. I like your applying appropriate
technology principles to nanotech, great! I'd agree appropriate
technology is a philosophy, though maybe not only a philosophy. We've
discussed it before here in terms of Buddhist technology, and also
Gandhi, interesting.
"No one denies that nanotech will produce real benefits, but, based on
the history of nuclear power, biotechnology and the chemical
industry, skeptics are calling for a precautionary approach. The
resulting clash of philosophies..."
(IMO) There is a hidden message in these words. Every time I
Multinational Monitor
September 2004 - VOLUME 25 - NUMBERS 9
T h e P r e c a u t i o n a r y P r i n c i p l e
Welcome to NanoWorld
Nanotechnology and
the Precautionary Principle Imperative
By Peter Montague
Nanotechnology -- or nanotech, for short -- is a new approach to
industrial produc
