"Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way,……" — K. Eric Drexler
"Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way, depend on the tools we have then and our ability to use them, and not on the steps that got us there."
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I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a…
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