The Astonishing Hypothesis, Francis Crick

gaspard riche de prony: ... break down the computational work of calculating logarithmic and trigonometric tables into small atomic parts that could be carried out repetitively by relatively unskilled human computers and Babbage’s idea was to try to replace de Prony’s deskilled humans by machines.(science, technology and the world war ii regime)

tiny machines

Man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful (E. F. Schumacher)

after some point integration is more important than miniaturization (small enough)

down sizing: "80% of the cost is in packaging." small, smaller, unseen.

information retrieval: tries to bring things to the surface: as i understand it they believe in: make it seen to be understood;
micro/nano: let information disappear, but by making it unseen it leads to more information?? somehow sí, somehow no ... you don't need to know where the info comes from, just live with the consequences. ¿which consequences?

nanotech challenge I challenge II

there is a project and there will be a book and finally maybe a clue: philosophical, ethical, and social dimensions of nanotechnology