Tham khảo tài liệu 'converging technologies for improving human performance episode 2 part 8', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance pre-publication on-line version 327 genetically modified seeds that improve farmer yields while reducing use of pesticides and herbicides. But Monsanto did not include consumers in its trading zone particularly in Europe where potential customers want GMO products labeled so they can decide whether to buy. The best prevention is a broad trading zone that includes potential users as well as interested nongovernmental organizations like Greenpeace in a dialogue over the future of new nanotechnologies. Social scientists and practical ethicists can assist in creating and monitoring this dialogue. A related area of concern is the division between the rich and poor worldwide. If new nanotechnologies are developed that can improve the quality of life how can they be shared across national boundaries and economic circumstances in ways that also protect intellectual property rights and ensure a sufficient return on investment Consider for example the struggle to make expensive AIDS medications available in Africa. Again proper dissemination of a new technology will require thinking about a broad trading zone from the beginning. Social scientists can help establish and monitor such a trading zone. Nanotechnology offers potential national security benefits Tolles 2001 . It might be possible for example to greatly enhance the performance of Special Forces by using nano circuitry to provide each individual soldier with more information. However there are limits to how much information a human being can process especially in a highly stressful situation. This kind of information might have to be accompanied by intelligent agents to help interpret it turning human beings into cyborgs Haraway 1997 . Kurzweil 1999 speculates that a computer will approximate human intelligence by about 2020. If so our cyborg soldiers could be accompanied by machines capable of making their own decisions. It is very important that our capacity .
