"The first approximation in this future that we're……" — Ralph Merkle
"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 material goods, and I think that will soften some of the conflicts we see now."
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29 Quotes by Ralph Merkle
Ralph Merkle has 29 quotes on this site.
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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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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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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
— Hannah Arendt
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
— Saint Basil
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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
— Josh Billings
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Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level.
— Eileen Caddy
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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a…
— Richard Sibbes
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I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the…
— Jeffrey Skoll
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What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort,…
— Rudy Giuliani
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It's ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your…
— Cesar Chavez
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Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
— E. O. Wilson
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Shall I not rejoice also at the abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds?
— Henry David Thoreau
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