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"The first approximation in this future that we're looking at is that everyone will be physically well off. They will have a great abundance in material goods, and I think that will soften some of the conflicts we see now."
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"In the modern world we are surrounded by so much abundance that we cannot see it."

"Life punishes those who have things in abundance by making them worry about petty things like: what to wear, or, which car to drive."

"The basic parts, the start-up molecules, can be supplied in abundance and don't have to be made by some elaborate process. That immediately makes things simpler."

"Expect abundance to receive abundance."

"...I thought, with a certain amount of sorrow, how much enormous talent there must be in the world for nature simply to toss it away so arbitrarily! But nature could not care less what we think about it, and as far as talent is concerned, there is such an excess that our artists will soon become their own audiences, and audiences made up of ordinary people will no longer exist."

"Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into."

"We found vines of a large size, and in some cases quite loaded with grapes; we also found an abundance of roses, which appeared to be like those of Castile."

"Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level."

"Selenite occurs in abundance in well formed clear crystals of several inches in length."
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"Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem."

"Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if that environment is changed, they won't function at all."

"If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them."

"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."

"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."

"We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost."

"If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is."

"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."
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