K. Eric Drexler Quotes

any-powerful-technology-can-be-abused

in-thinking-about-nanotechnology-today-whats-most-important-is-understanding-where-it-leads-what-nanotechnology-will-look-like-after-we-reach-k-eric-drexler

its-lot-easier-to-see-at-least-in-some-cases-what-longterm-limits-possible-will-be-because-they-depend-on-natural-law-but-its-much-harder-to-see-k-eric-drexler

today-we-have-big-crude-instruments-guided-by-intelligent-surgeons-we-have-little-stupid-molecules-drugs-that-get-dumped-into-body-diffuse-around-k-eric-drexler

the-basic-parts-startup-molecules-can-be-supplied-in-abundance-dont-have-to-be-made-by-some-elaborate-process-that-immediately-makes-things-simpler-k-eric-drexler

my-work-at-mit-had-focused-on-what-we-could-build-in-space-once-we-had-inexpensive-space-transportation-industrial-facilities-in-orbit-and-this-led-k-eric-drexler

local-prohibitions-cannot-block-advances-in-military-commercial-technology-democratic-movements-for-local-restraint-can-only-restrain-worlds-k-eric-drexler

if-you-take-all-factories-in-world-today-they-could-make-all-parts-necessary-to-build-more-factories-like-themselves-so-in-sense-we-have-k-eric-drexler

protein-engineering-is-technology-molecular-machines-molecular-machines-that-are-part-replicators-it-comes-from-area-that-already-raises-some-k-eric-drexler

likewise-nanotechnology-will-once-it-gets-under-way-depend-on-tools-we-have-then-our-ability-to-use-them-not-on-steps-that-got-us-there-k-eric-drexler

plants-with-leaves-no-more-efficient-than-todays-solar-cells-could-outcompete-real-plants-crowding-biosphere-with-inedible-foliage-tough-omnivorous-k-eric-drexler

but-if-we-can-manage-it-people-dont-have-things-forced-on-them-that-they-dont-want-i-think-theres-every-reason-to-believe-things-can-settle-out-in-k-eric-drexler

an-international-race-in-relevant-technologies-is-getting-under-way-at-this-point-not-necessarily-with-understanding-where-that-race-leads-in-long-k-eric-drexler

ive-encountered-lot-people-who-sound-like-critics-but-few-who-have-substantive-criticisms-there-is-lot-skepticism-but-it-seems-to-be-more-matter-k-eric-drexler

i-had-been-impressed-by-fact-that-biological-systems-were-based-on-molecular-machines-that-we-were-learning-to-design-build-these-sorts-things-k-eric-drexler

in-sense-artificial-intelligence-will-be-ultimate-tool-because-it-will-help-us-build-all-possible-tools-k-eric-drexler

after-realizing-that-we-would-eventually-be-able-to-build-molecular-machines-that-could-arrange-atoms-to-form-virtually-any-pattern-that-we-wanted-i-k-eric-drexler

on-molecular-scale-you-find-its-reasonable-to-have-machine-that-does-million-steps-per-second-mechanical-system-that-works-at-computer-speeds

the-really-big-difference-is-that-what-you-make-with-molecular-machine-can-be-completely-precise-down-to-tiniest-degree-detail-that-can-exist-in-world

and-that-because-moving-parts-are-million-times-smaller-than-ones-were-familiar-with-they-move-million-times-faster-just-as-smaller-tuning-fork-produces-higher-pitch-than-large-o

the-other-advantage-is-that-in-conventional-manufacturing-processes-it-takes-long-time-for-factory-to-produce-amount-product-equal-to-its-own-weight-with-molecular-machines-time-

my-greatest-concern-is-that-emergence-this-technology-without-appropriate-public-attention-international-controls-could-lead-to-unstable-arms-race

you-can-find-academic-industrial-groups-doing-some-relevant-work-but-there-isnt-focus-on-building-complex-molecular-systems-in-that-respect-japan-is-first-europe-is-second-were-t

but-while-doing-that-id-been-following-variety-fields-in-science-technology-including-work-in-molecular-biology-genetic-engineering-forth