GNR Mind Tricks

The way that Bill Joy talks of GNR it is convincing to the reader, he is able to show the down side and some unexpected things from all three. Genetics is the first thing I will talk about of the GNR aspect of the paper. Joy talks on the unknowns that genetics bring to the table, from what I took from it, he felt that there was far too much risk in genetically altering food, and that it was unthinkable to try it on people. He felt that if you were able to genetically alter something that there would be benefits to it, but the main point  I took from my reading of his article on this topic was the risk will not outweigh the reward. Another point he drove home was that notion of equality would be lost as of the cause of human cloning.

 The second part of GNR is the Nanotechnology, this is things such as machinery that can replicate anything such as simple cell structure. This topic was something that really had Joy questioning the risk involved with them, for example his argument was that this will not be a weapon that is going to be hard to get your hands unlike the NBC. Bill Joy felt that “GNR technologies have clear commercial uses”, what this means is that it will be much easier to use as a weapon.

 The next part of GNR is Robotics, Joy felt that the world would become even more taken over by the elites of the world with the introduction of robotics. He also felt there was some chance that man power would be taken over by the more effective robots power. The end result of this would be that the need for people in the world would shrink, and on top of that the world would be controlled by the elites of the world and the lives of millions of people would hang in the balance of their choices.

Personally, I felt the author's fears where right and a little far off, but I did feel the author made a good point of how we never think of what will happen with the next big break through. When I say that I felt that he was a little far off, it is because I don’t see the same outlook he does. First, I do want to say his opinion on GNR is great, but personally I see different truths from it. This could be that he just is far more educated on this subject, and is able to have far better foresight than I.  But I just can’t see that far in to the future, I simply do not see these 3 fears that Joy does only because I am so new to the subject matter. I just don’t see robots being the reason mankind kill over, and I also don’t think that Nanotechnology is going to grow in leaps and bounds in the next 20 years as does Joy. Overall, I really enjoyed Bill Joy “Why the future doesn't need us”, it really gave me a new outlook to the way that I perceive humankinds future. But to me, I would much rather try to think of what mankind can do for the good of all with the future of technology.