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Christine L. Peterson is an American forecaster, and the co-founder of
Foresight Institute. Accessed 4 February 2018. She is signed up for
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she coined the term on February 3, 1998:
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Christine L. Peterson is an American forecaster, and the co-founder of Foresight Institute
The Foresight Institute (Foresight) is a San Francisco-based research non-profit that promotes the development of nanotechnology and other emerging technologies, such as safe AGI, biotech and longevity.
Foresight runs four cross-disciplinary p ...
. She is credited with suggesting the term "open source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use and view the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open source model is a decentrali ...
" when used in connection with software.
Peterson holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from MIT.Officers and Staff: Christine Peterson – Co-Founder & Past PresidentForesight Institute. Accessed 4 February 2018. She is signed up for
cryopreservation
Cryopreservation or cryoconservation is a process where biological material - cells, tissues, or organs - are frozen to preserve the material for an extended period of time. At low temperatures (typically or using liquid nitrogen) any cell ...
with the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, since the mid-1980s.
Works
Open Source Software
As reported oSlashdot
she coined the term on February 3, 1998:
Books
In 1991 she coauthored ''Unbounding the Future: the Nanotechnology Revolution'' with Gayle Pergamit andEric Drexler
Kim Eric Drexler (born April 25, 1955) is an American engineer best known for introducing molecular nanotechnology (MNT), and his studies of its potential from the 1970s and 1980s. His 1991 doctoral thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
, which sketches nanotechnology's potential environmental and medical benefits as well as possible abuses. In 1997 she coauthored ''Leaping the Abyss: Putting Group Genius to Work'' with Gayle Pergamit.
Articles
*"Thinking Longer Term about Technology", 2009.References
External links
Foresight Institute
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