Ralph Merkle quotes - page 2

We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost. (Ralph Merkle)
One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations. View quote
Ralph Merkle
The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, and at some point it was inevitable that we would develop a technology that would let us do this. View quote
Ralph Merkle
Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons. View quote
Ralph Merkle
Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences. View quote
Ralph Merkle

Ralph Merkle

Ralph Merkle - Image
Photo: david.orban, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Scientist
Born: February 2, 1952
Quotes count: 30
Wikipedia: Ralph Merkle

Related authors

Whitfield Diffie - thumbnail
Whitfield Diffie  12 
American Scientist
K. Eric Drexler - thumbnail
K. Eric Drexler  21 
American Scientist
Bruce Schneier - thumbnail
Bruce Schneier  40 
American Scientist
Richard Feynman - thumbnail
Richard Feynman  220 
American Physicist
Ray Kurzweil - thumbnail
Ray Kurzweil  93 
American Author
Marvin Minsky - thumbnail
Marvin Minsky  98 
American Scientist
Eliezer Yudkowsky - thumbnail
Eliezer Yudkowsky  82 
American Blogger
Bill Joy - thumbnail
Bill Joy  43 
American Businessman
Paul Saffo - thumbnail
Paul Saffo  5 
American Professor
Eric Allman - thumbnail
Eric Allman  4 
American Scientist