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Protein engineering is a technology of molecular machines - of molecular machines that are part of replicators - and so it comes from an area that already raises some of the issues that nanotechnology will raise.
“Protein engineering is a technology of molecular machines - of molecular machines that are part of replicators - and so it comes from an area that already raises some of the issues that nanotechnology will raise.”
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“Protein engineering is a technology of molecular machines - of molecular machines that are part of replicators - and so it comes from an area that already raises some of the issues that nanotechnology will raise.”
“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.”
“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.”
“It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits.”
“An international race in the relevant technologies is getting under way at this point, not necessarily with an understanding of where that race leads in the long run, but strongly motivated by the short-term payoffs.”
“Technology, we find, amplifies behaviours. If you want to be anti-social, technology allows you to be. And vice versa.”
“There's been resistance to every new technology that's ever been introduced. When books came out hundreds of years ago, there were complaints that it would destroy the oral tradition. Some of those fears were justified, but it didn't stop the rise of the written word. And books have proven to be incredibly useful.”
“I was very much fascinated with the technology we had that we could edit in the computer our compositions, but all the sounds that were available on the market were crap.”
“We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.”
“Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.”