Ralph Merkle
Ralph Merkle
Ralph C. Merkleis a computer scientist. He is one of the inventors of public key cryptography, the inventor of cryptographic hashing, and more recently a researcher and speaker of cryonics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth2 February 1952
CountryUnited States of America
happy-life careers healthy
If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.
agriculture limits acres
Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were to have intensive greenhouse agriculture, we could have much higher production.
acceptance self aquariums
One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance.
balance able revolution
As in any technological revolution, there will be winners and losers. On balance, everyone will come out ahead, although there will be particular companies that will not be able to cope with a new environment.
confidence air stronger
One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials, and this will reduce the cost of air flight, and the cost of rockets.
technology suffering benefits
The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
firsts wealthy approximation
We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.
planets limitation
We see an entire planet which has many limitations.
california example certain
There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain amount of beachfront property in California. It is going to be scarce, it is going to be expensive.
ill-health tools levels
Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet todays surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
technology decision looks
If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.
treatment symptoms proven
What we refer to as 'death' is just a set of symptoms that have proven resistant to treatment.
thinking technology worry
If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.
technology suffering quality
If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.