As we've long expected, Hollywood is gearing up to make a major
horror film about nanotechnology. Based on the new book "Prey" by
famous author Michael Crichton, it is a worst-case scenario of
nanotech gone bad.
Do we need to go all out to educate the public to try to blunt
problems this may cause, or is the movie-going public sufficiently
Blasé and sophisticated that this won't trigger a big problem for
nanotech? Could it even be a good thing, inoculating the public
with these ideas so far in advance that by the time the issues arise
for real, they can handle these ideas calmly?
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Join us Thursday, January 16, 6:30 pm at Ristorante Don Giovanni in
downtown Mountain View. A delicious meal from salad to dessert with your
choice of entree will be served at a cost of $25 *cash* per person, tax &
tip included. Please bring exact change. The restaurant has a full bar
where you may purchase drinks if you wish. There are parking lots located
behind the restaurant as well as parking spaces in front.
If you need to cancel after making a reservation, please let us know so that
we may inform the restaurant to prevent being charged for a greater number
of meals.
Please email me or call 650-917-1122 no later than
noon Thursday, January 16 to RSVP. We urge you to invite a potential new
Senior Associate in addition to a spouse or significant other. We look
forward to seeing you next Thursday!
Yakira Heyman
Director of Development
Foresight Institute
phone: 650-917-1122
http://www.foresight.org
