[extropy-chat] Social Implications of Nanotech

[Dan Clemmensen]

Emlyn O'regan wrote:

>Dan Clemmensen wrote:
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>>My guess is that these two effects taken together, along with the 
>>inherent increase in strengh of due to atomic-scale precision engineering,  can reduce the weight of 
>>most devices by a factor of 100 (un-analyzed guess.) Today's 1500KG SUV can be replaced  by a 15KG device with the same capabilities.
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>But by then, today's 80kg human will bw replacable with a 800g avatar,
>rendering the 15kg SUV absolute overkill.
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Well, yes, but the 1500Kg SUV was already absolute overkill as a 
personal conveyance.  By the time we have an 800g avatar, we'll also 
have a few other "trivial" changes. I figure an 80Kg entity would simply 
reconfigure dynamically into the appropriate vehicular form to meet the 
current need for transportation, in the rare cases where there is a need 
to actually go somewhere.

My apologies, but I did not start at the beginning of the thread, so I 
don't know the assumptions here. Are we pre-SI or post-SI? Pre-SI makes 
most MNT very difficult for me to assume.