Technological development is speeding up at an exponential pace. All human problems will soon be solved by new and emerging technologies -- or so say the techno-optimists. The hype-machine is working overtime to convince us to buy into every field of scientific research. Techno-pessimists argue that the social impact of advanced technologies is likely to be catastrophic. Who is right? Which technological possibilities are likely to be realized in the next 20-30 years? What are the greatest dangers new technologies pose?
Wendell Wallach, a scholar at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics and the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, seeks to answer these questions.
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