The basic parts, the start-up molecules, can be supplied in abundance and don't have to be made by some elaborate process. That immediately makes things simpler. K. Eric Drexler More Quotes by K. Eric Drexler More Quotes From K. Eric Drexler My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race. K. Eric Drexler without technology race attention But while doing that I'd been following a variety of fields in science and technology, including the work in molecular biology, genetic engineering, and so forth. K. Eric Drexler biology technology work science The really big difference is that what you make with a molecular machine can be completely precise, down to the tiniest degree of detail that can exist in the world. K. Eric Drexler difference down you world The other advantage is that in conventional manufacturing processes, it takes a long time for a factory to produce an amount of product equal to its own weight. With molecular machines, the time required would be something more like a minute. K. Eric Drexler own long-time time long You can find academic and industrial groups doing some relevant work, but there isn't a focus on building complex molecular systems. In that respect, Japan is first, Europe is second, and we're third. K. Eric Drexler you respect focus work
