Technology has immortality, cures for the worlds devastating diseases, quantum computing and a host of other science fiction notions in its grasp. Current trends in a number of areas indicate that over the next 10 years many of these technologies will come to fruition. "The Next 10 Years" tracks the trends that will transform our everyday lives in almost unimaginable ways.

Monday, April 10, 2006

Empowering the Really Little Guys: "Empowering the Really Little Guys
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds



'Individuals are getting more and more powerful,' says author Glenn Reynolds in his insightful new book, An Army of Davids. 'With the current rate of progress we're seeing in biotechnology, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and other technologies, it seems likely that individuals will one day -- and one day relatively soon -- possess powers once thought available only to nation-states, superheroes, or gods. That sounds dramatic, but we're already partway there' -- and nanotechnology may be the 'ultimate empowerer of ordinary people.'"



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