Nanotechnologies and global survival

The rapid development of science and technology from the mid-20th century, on one hand, and increasing world population as well as decreasing of natural resources on the other has raised the risk of escalating social conflicts. Regarding this facts, it is inevitable to admit that the future of mankind lies in acceptable moral and social implementation of this technologies. Having that in mind, many questions have been generated about responsible applications of nanotechnologies: about the positive and negative effects of their usage, about patterns of their socio-spatial distribution both at global and national level, about economic development of states who use those technologies, and their possible effect of individual health and biosphere preservation. Regarding those questions, it is necessary to use knowledge of nature science as well as knowledge of philosophy, sociology, etc., in order to analyze the level of development and life conditions in human communities and differentiate between ?mere?, ?miserable?, ?idealistic?, ?irresponsible? and ?acceptable? survival. Starting from sociological context and following Potter?s concepts, this article argues for the concept of consurvivality that is durable, acceptable, sustainable, realistic and global. Ogroman naucno-tehnoloski napredak s jedne strane, i rast populacije i smanjivanje prirodnih resursa, s druge, otvaraju mogucnost eskalacije drustvenih sukoba. Iz tog razloga smatra se da u uspesnoj i moralno prihvatljivoj primeni novih nano-tehnologija lezi buducnost covecanstva. To, medjutim, pokrece pitanja odgovorne upotrebe ovih tehnologija, javne debate oko moguce koristi i stete pri koriscenju ovih materijala, zatim pitanja njihove ravnomerne raspodele, kako na globalnom, tako i na planu pojedinacnih drustava i sl. Neka od kljucnih pitanja su i da li koriscenje ove tehnologije uopste moze dovesti do ekonomskog razvoja zemalja koje je koriste, te kakve efekte to ima po zdravlje pojedinca i zivotnu sredinu. Imajuci takva pitanja na umu, potrebno je koristiti saznanja ne samo prirodnih nauka, vec i filozofije, antropologije, sociologije, itd, te analizirati stepen razvijenosti i uslove zivota postojecih ljudskih zajednica uz razlikovanje: ?pukog?, ?mizernog?, ?idealistickog?, ?neodgovornog? i ?prihvatljivog? prezivljavanja. Oslanjajuci se na sociolosku perspektivu i stavove V. R. Potera, u radu se analiziraju navedeni oblici prezivljavanja i ukazuje ne prednosti ?prihvatljivog? globalnog prezivljavanja,