[extropy-chat] Social Implications of Nanotech

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> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org]On Behalf Of Dan Clemmensen
>
> > 1.  Atomic Precision:  Atom-scale manufacturing is feasible; we put
> > some atoms where we want.
> >
> > Depending on how cheap this ability is, and which atoms, many new
> > products may be possible, including much cheaper computers, and
> > perhaps medical devices that float in our bloodstreams.
>
> I think the medical stuff , while it sounds good, is not relevant. There
> is a huge amount of additional design work to get from design of
> "hardware" (computers, furniture, etc.) to design of "bioware" of
> any type.
>
> I also think that energy-generation products and energy conservation
> products are more fundamentally important, and more feasible. Am I
> correct in assuming that energy is a fairly major component of current
> economic models?

I'd take objection to that. Medicine is the most important thing. Nothing is
important when you're dead -- and dead you will most likely be without the
advent of medical nanotechnology. Medicine first and everything else next/as
required to support medicine seems to be a much smarter way of prioritizing
things.

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