The Nanotech Schism
March 9, 2004 | Source: The New Atlantis
The field of nanotechnology is divided between those who think it will simply improve our lives and those who think it will completely transform them.
The former group thinks of nanotechnology as essentially a new branch of materials science. The latter group, inspired by nanotechnologist Eric Drexler, hews to a more ambitious vision in which molecular manufacturing, nanomedicine, and even nanoweapons will radically reshape the world.