flashgordon
Jul 5th, 2004, 8:54 PM
molecular nanotechnology.
If we develop it, we could survive, but evolve radically from what we are now, or we destroy ourselves fighting over it. One thing seems to be for sure though, in developing molecular manufacturing, the old industrial system will fall apart, because as soon as molecular manufacturing comes about, old non-nanotech products are worthless; this will cause a cascade effect that will send the economy reeling.
O.k. if we don't develop it any time soon; most likelyk, we don't make it to space, and hence because of hard to reach resources, the old industrial system falls apart within a generation; if it doesn't fall apart soon, it destroys the environment within a century anyways.
If we develop it, we could survive, but evolve radically from what we are now, or we destroy ourselves fighting over it. One thing seems to be for sure though, in developing molecular manufacturing, the old industrial system will fall apart, because as soon as molecular manufacturing comes about, old non-nanotech products are worthless; this will cause a cascade effect that will send the economy reeling.
O.k. if we don't develop it any time soon; most likelyk, we don't make it to space, and hence because of hard to reach resources, the old industrial system falls apart within a generation; if it doesn't fall apart soon, it destroys the environment within a century anyways.