What’s your legacy?
Sir Richard Branson is putting up $25 million to fix global climate change. Bill Gates is pumping even more into biotechnology for Africa. That got me thinking, what’s my legacy? What would I want to be remembered for? So here’s what I’d hope someone would say about me on my 100th. It’s definitely an exercise in vanity, but what do you expect? You wouldn’t want people criticizing you on your 100th birthday, would you?
George Elvin has worked all his life to ensure that emerging technologies are used beneficially and responsibly. Fifty years ago, when nanotechnology and biotechnology were first emerging, he created Green Technology Forum to help businesses and individuals take charge of their futures and seize the unprecedented opportunity these technologies offered for living more sustainably on a strained planet.
The information and insights Green Technology Forum provided through advising, commentary, news, and research empowered people of vision to be proactive and define the goals and direction of nanotechnology and biotechnology development, rather than be passively shaped by them.
Time has shown that we can use technology wisely, and we’re grateful to George and the other green technology pioneers of the early 21st century for helping us shape a better life on a healthier planet.
What’s your legacy?