"Because of technological limits, there is a certain……" — Ralph Merkle
"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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Ralph Merkle
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29 Quotes by Ralph Merkle
Ralph Merkle has 29 quotes on this site.
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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…
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If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.
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Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.
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Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have serious medical conditions, which either…
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Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if…
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One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind…
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As in any technological revolution, there will be winners and losers. On balance, everyone will come out ahead, although there…
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One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials,…
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The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
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We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.
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We see an entire planet which has many limitations.
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There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain amount of beachfront property in…
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More Acre Quotes
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one of 47 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and…
— Samuel Beckett
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My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four…
— Dave Brubeck
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Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can…
— George A. Sheehan
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And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other…
— Jean de Joinville
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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
— Red Auerbach
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He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives…
— Orison Swett Marden
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It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It…
— Thomas Jefferson
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An acre of windy prairie could produce between $4,000 and 10,000 worth of electricity per year - which is far…
— Denis Hayes
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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.
— William Shakespeare
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There is fuel in every bit of vegetable matter that can be fermented. There's enough alcohol in one year's yield…
— Henry Ford
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I was in Australia....Lotta leg room down under. Apartments: dollar a month. 2000-acre den....think of the parties.
— Bill Hicks
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All the lights on Broadway don't amount to an acre of green.
— Buffy Sainte-Marie
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