The Synapse and the Soul
Human by Michael S. Gazzaniga (Ecco, 447 pages, $27.50) What is it that makes us human — that sets us apart from other animals? What drives us to act altruistically? Why do we gossip and flirt and...
View ArticleWhen Folly Is Forever
Historians, accustomed to rummaging through document-stuffed archives, are now worrying about the future of the past. Our lives, they note, are ever more digitized: family joys and sorrows, work-place...
View ArticleFeynman and the Futurists
On Dec. 29, 1959, Richard P. Feynman gave an after-dinner talk at an annual American Physical Society meeting in Pasadena, Calif. Feynman was not the public figure he would later become — he had not...
View ArticleStem Cells, Life, and the Law
Monday's decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia halting all federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research is a surprising milestone in the decade-long debate over this...
View ArticleThe New Atlantis Turns Ten
EPPC’s New Atlantis journal celebrates ten years of concentrating on the human side of scientific progress. The post The New Atlantis Turns Ten appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy Center.
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The Quiet Man Behind the Computer Revolution
Every few months, the same story briefly ripples across the news media: Moore’s law will soon be kaput. To the extent that the general public can be said to know anything about Moore’s law, it seems...
View ArticleThe New Atlantis, Fall 2005
The latest issue of The New Atlantis includes major essays on the future of modern medicine, the moral education of our... The post The New Atlantis, Fall 2005 appeared first on Ethics & Public...
View ArticleThe Age of Neuroelectronics
The potential merging of mind and machine thrills, frightens, and intrigues us. For decades, experiments at the border between... The post The Age of Neuroelectronics appeared first on Ethics &...
View ArticleThe New Atlantis, Winter 2006
The latest issue of The New Atlantis includes major essays on Man, Mind and Machine and the challenge to define what... The post The New Atlantis, Winter 2006 appeared first on Ethics & Public...
View ArticleNanoethics as a Discipline?
Growing ranks of academics, analysts, and advocacy groups are focusing their attentions on the social and ethical implications of nanoscale... The post Nanoethics as a Discipline? appeared first on...
View ArticleThe March of the Machines
A Culture of Improvement: Technology and the Western Millenniumby Robert Friedel, MIT, 588 pages, $39.95 There’s a certain dark pleasure... The post The March of the Machines appeared first on Ethics...
View ArticleRedeeming NASA
It was five years ago this month, on February 1, 2003, that the space shuttle Columbia, returning from two weeks... The post Redeeming NASA appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy Center.
View ArticleThe Synapse and the Soul
Human by Michael S. Gazzaniga (Ecco, 447 pages, $27.50) What is it that makes us human — that sets us... The post The Synapse and the Soul appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy Center.
View ArticleWhen Folly Is Forever
Historians, accustomed to rummaging through document-stuffed archives, are now worrying about the future of the past. Our lives, they note,... The post When Folly Is Forever appeared first on Ethics...
View ArticleFeynman and the Futurists
On Dec. 29, 1959, Richard P. Feynman gave an after-dinner talk at an annual American Physical Society meeting in Pasadena,... The post Feynman and the Futurists appeared first on Ethics & Public...
View ArticleStem Cells, Life, and the Law
Monday's decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia halting all federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research... The post Stem Cells, Life, and the Law appeared first on...
View ArticleThe New Atlantis Turns Ten
EPPC’s New Atlantis journal celebrates ten years of concentrating on the human side of scientific progress. The post <em>The New Atlantis</em> Turns Ten appeared first on Ethics &...
View ArticleThe Quiet Man Behind the Computer Revolution
Gordon Moore’s tech vision changed modern times. He wants his giving to change life 10,000 years from now. The post The Quiet Man Behind the Computer Revolution appeared first on Ethics & Public...
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