Ralph Merkle Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost.”

“If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them.”

“If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.”

“The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.”

“Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.”

“Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons.”

“One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance.”

“The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, and at some point it was inevitable that we would develop a technology that would let us do this.”

“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.”

“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 be treated economically.”