Radical abundance

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• adastra22 · Sep 16, 2022 · Recommends

  As a solution to the inverse folding problem, this is THE enabling technology for molecular nanotechnology. I suggest anyone interested in this read Drexler’s Radical Abundance which talks about what is possible with atomically precise manufacturing built with custom designed proteins. Radical Abundance in video form: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1bw6Zi17DBI If anyone is…

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• adastra22 · Mar 27, 2022 · Recommends

  …SpaceX in context, and shows how we really are about to settle the cosmos in an economically sustainable way. A call to action to anyone who wants to participate to start making space companies now. Radical Abundance by K. Eric Drexler. Re-introduces the concept of atomically precise manufacturing (aka molecular nanotechnology) and shows how it can solve basically all major global problems from climate change to…

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• the__alchemist · Oct 29, 2022 · Recommends

  …book on nanotech - Part way through *The Eighth Day of Creation* - A detailed history of biological accomplishments and discoveries in the 20th century; constructed from interviews with the heros - *Radical Abundance* - Drexler book on nanotech - *Neuromancer* - Inspirational scifi novel with a literary flare - *Children of Ruin* - Children of Time sequel; for those who like 8-legged creatures!

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• mindcrime · Jul 21, 2013 · Mentions

  …powerful forces are conspiring to better the lives of billions. An antidote to pessimism by tech entrepreneur turned philanthropist, Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler. 7. Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization - K. Eric Drexler - (planning to read) - I know, there's sort of a theme going on here. A lot about the future and what effect technology…

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• garmaine · Apr 3, 2020 · Mentions

  …you point out, in terms of fact the critique only applied to life-like bionanotechnology. The history of this is laid out pretty well—with a surprisingly minimal amount of sour grapes—in Drexler‘s book Radical Abundance.

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• adastra22 · Mar 31, 2023 · Mentions

  …known to be impossible even back in the 80's when the media misunderstood Drexler's work and ran with this half-baked idea. For a full treatment, see Drexler's own retrospective in his more recent book, Radical Abundance. 2. Nanotechnology is an extremely hard problem that is not in the slightest bit bottlenecked by compute power. The things that are hard in achieving atomically precise manufacturing are not things that…

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