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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. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#ahead #although #any #balance #come

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

— Ralph Merkle

#block #develop #development #effectively #ensured

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. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#dealing #head #look #most #new

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

— Ralph Merkle

#might #potential #technology #think #worry

It looks as though yields of over 10 times what we can currently grow per acre are feasible if you control the CO2 concentration, the humidity, the temperature, all the various factors that plants depend on to grow rapidly. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#might #potential #technology #think #worry

Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#function #given #important #into #launching

Creatively I just enjoy challenging myself in different genres. ↗

— Debra Messing

#creatively #different #different genres #enjoy #genres

At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped-and I haven't had a cigarette since. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cigarette #else #give #had #haven

When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#conflict #deep #most #scales #something

Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#build #cube #entire #entire world #exists