A molecular manufacturing technology will let us build molecular surgical tools, and those tools will, for the first time, let us directly address the problems at the very root level.

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There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain...

There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain...

If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do...

If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do...

The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even...

The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even...

A potato can grow quite easily on a very small plot of land. With molecular...

A potato can grow quite easily on a very small plot of land. With molecular...

If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances...

If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances...

Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in...

Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in...

If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that...

If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that...

Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a...

Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a...

If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access...

If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access...

As in any technological revolution, there will be winners and losers. On balance, everyone will...

As in any technological revolution, there will be winners and losers. On balance, everyone will...

Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.

Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.

Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level,...

Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level,...

The first approximation in this future that we're looking at is that everyone will be...

The first approximation in this future that we're looking at is that everyone will be...

The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate...

The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate...

If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking...

If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking...

Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce...

Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce...

One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system....

One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system....

Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability...

Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability...

One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is...

One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is...

One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have...

One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have...