The industry is not hiding from any real problems by ignoring your delusional fantasies and rantings, any more than one truly ignores a wino's claims on skid row that bugs are crawling under his skin. The very really issues of nano-health and environmental issues as explored by "real" research in the Washington Post is a matter entirely unrelated to your nutty diatribes. It's a matter the industry does take seriously and has been addressing for some time with research, discussion and taskforces. Because matters such of this are so grave and serious, we avoid mixing in the comic relief of the writings of Eric Drexler and yourself the subject. I must say I pity the tax payers of Tennessee that pay your salary as well as your students who will enter the job market with a head full of rocks (or perhaps molecular manufactured nanorobots) after listening to you. Keep up the weird fight. Lord knows I do get a laugh from it, m. F. Mark Modzelewski, Executive DirectorThis was the third such email by Modzelewski to Dr. Reynolds (the second publicly published). It's this sort of intemperate and insulting language from Modzelewski that's got Phil fired up for an email campaign. I agree. This guy should spend less energy on ad hominem attacks than debating "the very really issues." Anybody want to take bets on how long he keeps his job? Posted by Stephen Gordon at February 11, 2004 08:23 AM | TrackBack
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I've seen enough lay-offs over the last couple of years that I wouldn't wish unemployment even on an arrogant, ill-mannered clod like Modzelewski, but I do hope he gets some pressure to clean up his act. The man is supposedly a spokesman for an international industry group, and yet he displays all the professionalism and charm of the most obnoxious Usenet troll.
There's nothing wrong with the Nano Business Alliance wanting to distance itself from some of the more speculative nanotechnology scenarios (good and bad). Business needs to focus on the near term. But that distancing can be done just as effectively without the vitriol. As Glenn has pointed out, alienating long-time supporters doesn't make a lot of sense.
Posted by: Phil at February 11, 2004 10:02 AMI've seen enough lay-offs over the last couple of years that I wouldn't wish unemployment even on an arrogant, ill-mannered clod like Modzelewski, but I do hope he gets some pressure to clean up his act. The man is supposedly a spokesman for an international industry group, and yet he displays all the professionalism and charm of the most obnoxious Usenet troll.
I on the other hand, don't mind wishing unemployment on him. This appears to be gratuitous alienation of allies (tenuous though they may be). He could be replaced with someone who has a healthier attitude.
Also, I wonder just how meaningful this substantial acquisition of pork will be for research in nanotechnology. My guess is that he has a great sense for what will draw the high tech pork. And the blogs don't draw pork.
Last time I read about this guy, I thought that he seemed like a nomadic opportunist. Currently, he's peddling pork for nanotech. When the bubbling in nanotech settles down, I bet he'll move on to greener pastures. Just look at his history. Before this, he was part of some contracting group working the dotcoms.
Finally, there's already competition between the blogs and traditional news sources. I think that perhaps a certain class of elites realize they have competition from a large, anarchic group of people when it comes to the distribution of ideas. Maybe Modzelewski considers these blogs a rival to his abilities or trouble makers that get in the way. For example, the message of his lobbying group could be threatened or distorted by errant blogs with their own agenda.
Posted by: Karl Hallowell at February 11, 2004 11:04 AMGive the man a break. He found us $3.7 BILLION dollars.
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