Just progress from the material revolution that is...

2006-11-03T15:01:00.000-08:00

Just progress from the material revolution that is already well established and whose progress is not in any doubt (carbon nanotube fibers several centimeters long and able to transfer 50 GPA strength to bulk material), superconductors, nanotube wire conductors, aluminum and metals with consistent nanograins -which are 10 times stronger than regular, reel to reel polymer solar panels, reel to reel ovonic computers, synthetic biology, $1000 genome sequencing, DNA nanotechnology will revolutionize the world. Large scale quantum computers, continued rapid progress with regular computers, optical computers and all optical communication, genetic engineering etc...

I think historians will view the time from 1970 to about 2005 will mostly viewed as period when there was a large lull in major progress. When big changes were shaping up and foundation technologies were put in place from which the big tech emerged. Also, when bad choices were made and opportunities were missed or wasted. Advanced technology could have happened faster (not going nuclear in a big way, not using Project Orion etc...)

I have read many articles by you, Frietas, Phoenix...

2006-11-03T10:31:00.000-08:00

I have read many articles by you, Frietas, Phoenix and others that put a pretty strong prediction of 2020 for DMS.

Ok great, I say to myself, sounds neat. But these changes we are talking about are bigger than the industrial revolution, smashed down within a decade or so.

Can we all be deluding ourselves? I certainly hope not.

If you guys are right the next few decades will show humanity the biggest changes in history.

Neat.

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Just progress from the material revolution that is...

I have read many articles by you, Frietas, Phoenix...