Snap+Poll+4+(Emerging+Technologies)

=In this Snap Poll, our class examines 5 specific emerging technologies and the issues surrounding them. Here is a summary of your thoughts.=

This fourth Snap Poll examined your thoughts about 5 emerging technologies with complex implications for the future: (1) genetic engineering and cloning, (2) human life extension, (3) nanotechnology, (4) artificial intelligence, and (5) man/machine synthesis.


 * __Genetic Engineering and Cloning:__**.

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 * __Human Life Extension:__**

__**Nanotechnology:**__


 * __Artificial Intelligence:__**


 * __Man-Machine Synthesis:__**

__**Major Ethical/Social Concerns about the 5 Technologies**__ You listed the following as your major concerns about these emerging technologies:


 * __Steps Education Should Take Now to Help People Prepare for Developments in These Technologies__**

Please continue to think about what you feel we as educators, parents, and citizens of the world might actually DO to address advancing technologies and the ethical issues they bring with them. I'm afraid we'll have to do better than think about it, spend $$$, and talk! That is certainly a start. Anyone have any ideas for actual ACTION?