Nature, New Yorker on Cognitive Enhancement
Back in December, Nature published a remarkable editorial, Towards Responsible Use of Cognitive-enhancing Drugs by the Healthy, that concludes "Safe and effective cognitive enhancers will benefit both the individual and society...But it would also be foolish to ignore problems that such use of drugs could create or exacerbate." - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on May 5, 2009 9:06 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: Deepening The Public Conversation Around Bioethics and the Call for Comments The implications of innovation in the health field:
false hopes for medicine?
Categories Biotechnology, Sociology
Scott Berkun on Responsibility and Resistance
Scott Berkun is the author of The Myths of Innovation, which examines common pre- and mis-conceptions about innovation, and Making Things Happen, a book about project management. In this wide ranging discussion, Berkun offers some useful definitions of innovation, discusses resistance to innovation, and outlines some ideas on corporate responsibility (and irresponsibility). - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on April 14, 2009 12:00 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: New science and new politics by Piero Bassetti
Judith Estrin: Closing the Innovation Gap
In this wide ranging interview, Estrin explains how business and political leaders can embrace policies that embody the values associated with innovation - openness, risk, questioning, persistence, and trust. And she warns that recent changes in business and government practice are putting innovation in the U.S. at risk. - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on January 30, 2009 1:03 AM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: Innovation and Politics by Piero Bassetti
