If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.

Quote by Ralph Merkle

Topics: Ralph Merkle Quotes

Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have...

Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

We see an entire planet which has many limitations.

We see an entire planet which has many limitations.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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,...