Nano’s ‘No GMO’ Mantra
HLovy writes "It's obvious that business and government have a bad case of DNA PTSD, or genetic shell shock, which is why they certainly won't get fooled again when it comes to nanotechnology. I've heard the mantra many times during the past few years: "No More GMO." But the chanters wear pinstripes and not patchouli oil.
Public outcry (especially in Europe) against genetically modified organisms was the result of a determined effort between science, business and government to completely misread the public. It took some serious brainpower, collusion and planning to so totally miss the point on what gets the masses all fired up, and the important role public perception plays in the introduction of any new technology. The biggest mistake was the arrogant assumption that the public will accept as inherently good anything that helps big biotech companies succeed and farmers increase their yields. What was missing from the equation, of course, was consideration of how the public "feels" about genetic manipulation.
More on Howard Lovy's NanoBot."
October 30th, 2004 at 8:20 AM
what a load of nonsense.
what a load of nonsense. The anti-GMO crowd has no credible science behind it – only little bits and pieces of boogeymen what-if stories. The fact of the matter is that the core of the anti-GMO sentiment stems from a conscious campaign by protectionist european farmers to preserve their incomme despite having piss poor productivity compared to the rest of the world. the European farmer's political clout keeps the brown peoples of the world down by preventing them from being able to import food into high-profit europe on equal terms… and the farmers use the GMO boogeyman as a way to deflect attention from this.