The Purpose of our Page is to discuss the various themes and issues in Bill Joy's

Does the Future Need Us?

In the past, the most lethal weapons of mass destruction where nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, now, as technology is advancing at uncontrollable leaps and bounds, the deadliest threats to humanity could be unintentional and come from research from genetic, nano and robotic technology. And the greatest danger from these technologies is that it is apparent as more and more research is done in these fields that it is much easier to create destructive uses for these technologies than beneficial ones. At first it might appear that these two subjects are unrelated, but with further analysis, it is apparent that the two are related.

Tom Zubrzycki  zubrzyt@clemson.edu

Mark Stewart stewarm@clemson.edu