“If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.” IfsHumansSufferingLevelsQualityTechnologyConditionsCostMedicalAddressesHuman SufferingNanotechnologyMedical ConditionsMedical TechnologyMedical Advances Author:Ralph Merkle
“If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.” IfsHumansWellsLooksCareTodayCareersConditionsHealthyAccessMedicalRedemptionFedsHappy LifeHuman ConditionBasicsMedical Care Author:Ralph Merkle
“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.” IfsLooksDecisionTechnologyStrategyVariousAvailableSandNew TechnologyPlausible Author:Ralph Merkle
“It looks as though yields of over 10 times what we can currently grow per acre are feasible if you control the CO2 concentration, the humidity, the temperature, all the various factors that plants depend on to grow rapidly.” IfsLooksGrowsDependsPlantVariousFactorsConcentrationYieldTemperatureAcresCo2Humidity Author:Ralph Merkle
“Manufacturing takes place in very large facilities. If you want to build a computer chip, you need a giant semiconductor fabrication facility. But nature can grow complex molecular machines using nothing more than a plant.” IfsWantNeedsGrowsComputerMachinesPlantComplexesGiantsChipsFacilityManufacturingFabricationSemiconductors Author:Ralph Merkle
“If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.” IfsThinkingMightTechnologyWorry Author:Ralph Merkle
“Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if that environment is changed they won't function at all.” IfsHumansHuman BeingsEnvironmentChangedBuiltMachinesFunction Author:Ralph Merkle
“Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were to have intensive greenhouse agriculture, we could have much higher production.” IfsCertainProduceAmountHigherLimitsProductionsAgricultureTechnologicalAcresGreenhouses Author:Ralph Merkle
