1. Ian D. Pearson claims that trends in technology can be projected to predict its future progress and impact on society. Roger A. Pielke Jr. and Dan Sarewitz disagree and maintain that technological forecasts are as unreliable as weather predictions. Whose argument do you find most convincing? Do you think that current trends in technology are accurate indicators for the future? Explain your answer.

2. Will Knight argues that the creation of robots may jeopardize the existence of humans. Chris Malcolm contends that the lack of a biological survival instinct in robots precludes a robotic coup. Do you think that humans may create technological wonders that may ultimately lead to our destruction? Do you think that a superior but artificial intelligence can overcome human biology? Why or why not"

3. Steven Pinker maintains that history reveals that human nature has changed little over time and that technological conveniences will...