Despite a good start, many countries are developing these twenty-first century technologies within an old and blinkered mindset. If we do not develop the ways and means to spot and navigate around possible new risks, the outlook for this exciting new technology will be uncertain.
我们不能够一头雾水地冲进纳米技术的未来。尽管我们已经有了一个好的开端，许多国家依然在以陈旧和目光短浅的思维模式开发这种二十一世纪的技术。如果我们无法制定出识别和避免可能的新危险的方式和方法，那这种令人鼓舞的新技术的前景并不乐观。