# Who Will Think Build Implement and Control Convergent Technology by W. A. Wallace > If the Cognitive Scientists can think it > the Nano people can build it > the Bio people can implement it, and > the IT people can monitor and control it > **— W. A. Wallace**, *quoted in the 2002 Overview of Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance* ## Sources and Context - **Primary source:** [NSF/DOC-sponsored report, “Overview,” p. 13](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/bioecon-%28%23%20023SUPP%29%20NSF-NBIC.pdf). The Overview explicitly attributes the four-line statement to workshop participant W. A. Wallace. The wording and line breaks here retain the report's form; the supplied Batch 4 single-line version inserted commas that are not in the original. - **Meaning:** Wallace describes four complementary research roles in a proposed NBIC convergence, not an already operating end-to-end system or an official government directive. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture|Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance|Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance]] - [[wiki/Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture|Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture]] ## Share on Social Media ``` If the Cognitive Scientists can think it the Nano people can build it the Bio people can implement it, and the IT people can monitor and control it — W. A. Wallace, quoted in Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance, 2002 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-wallace-think-build-implement-control ```