Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology RevolutionA comprehensive, easy-to-understand handbook that explains what nanotechnology is and how it will revolutionize life in the future. The world's leading expert in the field, Drexler also examines the spectacular accomplishments that might result from a breakthrough: elimination of disease and pollution. 20 illustrations. |
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Page 36
... potential harm , and a wish to avoid it , as a longing for the potential good and a wish to seek it . Even so , we will dwell on the good that nanotechnology can bring and give only an outline of the obvious potential harm . The coming ...
... potential harm , and a wish to avoid it , as a longing for the potential good and a wish to seek it . Even so , we will dwell on the good that nanotechnology can bring and give only an outline of the obvious potential harm . The coming ...
Page 255
... potential . We have lived with that potential for decades now . In the coming years , we will need to strengthen institutions for maintaining peaceful security . If most of the political power in the world , and with it most of the ...
... potential . We have lived with that potential for decades now . In the coming years , we will need to strengthen institutions for maintaining peaceful security . If most of the political power in the world , and with it most of the ...
Page 261
... potential for abuse , nanotechnology has the potential of doing great harm . If we believe that human beings and human insti- tutions are too incompetent to deal with nanotechnology — that they are too likely to turn it to aggressive ...
... potential for abuse , nanotechnology has the potential of doing great harm . If we believe that human beings and human insti- tutions are too incompetent to deal with nanotechnology — that they are too likely to turn it to aggressive ...
Contents
The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
Copyright | |
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