"Machines built by human beings they will function……" — Ralph Merkle
"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 won't function at all."
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Ralph Merkle
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29 Quotes by Ralph Merkle
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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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Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were…
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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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