Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were to have intensive greenhouse agriculture, we could have much higher production.

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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...

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...

We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost.

We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost.

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...

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...

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 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...

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....

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.

We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.

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...

Manufacturing takes place in very large facilities. If you want to build a computer chip,...

Manufacturing takes place in very large facilities. If you want to build a computer chip,...

It looks as though yields of over 10 times what we can currently grow per...

It looks as though yields of over 10 times what we can currently grow per...

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...

A molecular manufacturing technology will let us build molecular surgical tools, and those tools will,...

A molecular manufacturing technology will let us build molecular surgical tools, and those tools will,...

Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight,...

Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight,...