What if we were really good at making things?
And we had the ability to do so cleanly, inexpensively, and on a global scale?
What if solar arrays and laptop supercomputers cost no more to make than cardboard and aluminum foil?
Ultra-efficient vehicles, lighting, and the entire behind-the-scenes infrastructure
of an industrial civilization could all be made, delivered, and operated at a low cost,
and with a zero carbon footprint.
The results could shake the very foundations of our economy,
bringing a new era of radical abundance,
and it all comes down to nanotechnology.
K. Eric Drexler was the first to propose and explore the hidden idea
of engineering on the molecular level.
In Radical Abundance he tells the story of how the once far-out idea
of nanotechnology took hold in science and popular culture,
then shows how ever-quickening progress in nanoscale technologies
is on the way to transforming our world.
Thanks to atomically precise manufacturing,
we will gain the power to produce radically more of what people want,
and at a drastically lower cost.
Already scientists have constructed prototypes for circuit boards
built of millions of precisely arranged atoms.
The advent of this kind of atomic precision promises to everything—from
the way that our technology is made to the fundamentals of how our economy operates.
A provocative tour of cutting-edqe science and its implications
by the field’s founder and master, Radical Abundance offers
a mind-expanding vision of a world hurtling toward an unexpected future.
