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shabble · 2013-05-06 · Original thread
The more mundane current variety (well, slightly advanced) make something of a showing in his 'Rule 34'[1] as well.

Doctorow's 'Makers'[2] is another, at a similar level.

Programmable molecular assemblers, if they're even possible (see: the various critics of Drexler), are so far beyond our current tech as to have almost unimaginable potential consequences, socially and otherwise.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Rule-34-Charles-Stross/dp/1937007669

[2] http://craphound.com/makers/

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