“It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits.” LongLawTermNaturalCasesPathDependsEasierLimitsHarderLong TermHeadingsNatural LawTerm Limits Author:K. Eric Drexler
“An international race in the relevant technologies is getting under way at this point, not necessarily with an understanding of where that race leads in the long run, but strongly motivated by the short-term payoffs.” WayLongRunningUnderstandingTermRaceTechnologyInternationalMotivatedRelevantLong RunsShort TermLead InPayoff Author:K. Eric Drexler