We see an entire planet which has many limitations.

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Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.

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We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.

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

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

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Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences.

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

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If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.

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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 in its acceptance.

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