It's A Lot Easier To See, At Least In Some Cases, What The Long-term Limits Of The Possible Will Be, Because They Depend On Natural Law. But It's Much Harder To See Just What Path We Will Follow In Heading Toward Those Limits. - SearchQuotes

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It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits.

K Eric Drexler

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