From: Mark Walker (mail@markalanwalker.com)
Date: Sun Jul 14 2002 - 07:14:00 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harvey Newstrom" <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
> On Saturday, July 13, 2002, at 06:34 pm, Mark Walker wrote:
> > I thought the point of PR was not to get acceptance of the technology,
> > which
> > as you say may come in any event, but to make sure the right people do
> > the
> > right things with technology.
>
> Then it shouldn't be "PR" directed at the general public. If we want to
> steer technology, we need to be lobbying business and maybe government
> to help shape their future vision. But this takes money, credentials,
> and real industry access. Websites and sound-bites aren't going to do
> it. It would take a major research and consulting think-tank
> organization.
>
>
I agree that the think-tank thing would be an important ingredient. I still
wonder if shaping the future wouldn't be enhanced by raising public
awareness. I agree that a few websites and sound-bites are going to get us
very far. The environmental movement might give us some clues about what can
be achieved by raising public awareness and how we might go about it.
Mark Walker
Dr. Mark Walker
Research Associate (Philosophy), Trinity College, University of Toronto
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Evolution and Technology, (www.jetpress.org)
Editor-in-Chief, Transhumanity, (www.transhumanism.com)
Home page: http://www.markalanwalker.com
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