We live in an era in which human activities have come to have a profound impact on Earth’s geology and ecosystems, and in which mind-boggling technological progress is raising the question of what it really means to be human. In nanoscience, the border between biology and technology is getting increasingly blurred.
Global digitalization has fundamentally changed our way of relating to the world around us and to each other, and the dividing line between actual and virtual reality is dissolving. Some researchers even claim that we are heading towards an era in which technology has grown so complex, intelligent, and self-generating that humans will no longer be able to control it.