http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2247 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2247#comment-19104 Christine Peterson Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:57:33 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2247#comment-19104 As I discussed in my talk for the Nanotech & Food conference in DC on Tuesday, the first step for companies is to act responsibly in producing and selling their products, next step is to be seen to be doing so. Can't/shouldn't do the second step without the first one. —Christine As I discussed in my talk for the Nanotech & Food conference in DC on Tuesday, the first step for companies is to act responsibly in producing and selling their products, next step is to be seen to be doing so. Can’t/shouldn’t do the second step without the first one. —Christine

]]> http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2247#comment-18859 Chris Fri, 09 Jun 2006 02:46:32 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2247#comment-18859 The solution to "public perception issues" is not simply paying extra for PR... any reasonable person with a nanoparticle of knowledge on the subject would agree that there are definitely real safety concerns to be addressed, and that strongly stated quote seems like dangerous corporate reactionary crap... it's dangerous when it's normal corporate behaviour and normal products, it's exponentially so when we're talking nanotech. The solution to “public perception issues” is not simply paying extra for PR… any reasonable person with a nanoparticle of knowledge on the subject would agree that there are definitely real safety concerns to be addressed, and that strongly stated quote seems like dangerous corporate reactionary crap… it’s dangerous when it’s normal corporate behaviour and normal products, it’s exponentially so when we’re talking nanotech.

]]>