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and bridge in America, and embedding all kinds of useful electrical, cable, phone networks, Wii networks, solar power photovoltaics, and computer networks, and their connective, repair, and maintenance infrastructure in many layers from the roadbed up, during construction. As a result, for instance, there would be enough nanotech photovoltaics embedded in those roads to power America.

The only things left in government's bailiwick would be police work and national defense-remaining as a result of the nasty little quirks of human nature. But that work too will have to be farmed out (in large part) to the assemblers and replicators. The cop on the beat won't be in a position to enforce violations of proper replication protocols. And defense will become largely the province of nano-weaponry. I suspect that the comparatively few cops and soldiers remaining will wind up becoming highly trained conflict resolution specialists backed up by a very potent arsenal of nanotech enforcers.

In short, everything you now know, everything you do, and everything you love will be transformed in ways hard to fully envision now. The age of nanotechnology; coming soon to a nano vat near you. Get ready, cause here it comes.

Sources:

I read the original "Engines of Creation: Challenges and Choices of the Last Technological Revolution" by K. Eric Drexler, published in 1986 by Anchor Press/Doubleday in Garden City, New York.

A new edition was published online, "Engines of Creation 2.0: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology" in February 2007) by WOWIO Books. You can pay a nominal fee and download it or read it for free at this web site:

http://www.wowio.com/user s/product.asp?BookId=503

Here are some excellent web sites for updates on what's happening in the wonderful world of nanotechnology:

http://www.kurz weilai.net/

http://www.smalltim es.com/home.cfm

http://www.fore sight.org/

Happy reading!

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