Ralph Merkle Quotes

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• The first approximation in this future that we're looking at is that everyone will be physically well off. They will have a great abundance in…
• If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.
• Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.
• Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have serious medical conditions, which either can't be treated or cannot…
• Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if that environment is changed, they…
• 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,…
• One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance.
• As in any technological revolution, there will be winners and losers. On balance, everyone will come out ahead, although there will be particular companies that…
• One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials, and this will reduce the…
• The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
• We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.
• We see an entire planet which has many limitations.
• There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain amount of beachfront property in California. It is going to…
• If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions…
• If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide…
• A potato can grow quite easily on a very small plot of land. With molecular manufacturing, we'll be able to have distributed manufacturing, which will…
• Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the…
• 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…
• It looks as though yields of over 10 times what we can currently grow per acre are feasible if you control the CO2 concentration, the…
• Manufacturing takes place in very large facilities. If you want to build a computer chip, you need a giant semiconductor fabrication facility. But nature can…

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