Bill Joy: Why the future doesn’t need us.

“Our most powerful 21st-century technologies – robotics,

genetic engineering, and nanotech – are threatening to

make humans an endangered species.” [Wired]

[Salon:] Big Bouncer is watching you. “To get into the Alcazar Pleasure Village, a

nightclub in the Netherlands, you’ll have to make it past more

than just a velvet rope. A vigilant “cyber-bouncer” will scan

your fingerprint and face, refusing to let you in if you’re a

known troublemaker or waving you through if your file comes

up clean.”