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In the future will it be possible to mass produce almost any architectural structure?

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In the future will it be possible to mass produce almost any architectural structure?

How far into the future?

Do you happen to be familiar with Eric Drexler?

Side: Nanotech
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How far into the future?

I didn't have a specific time in mind, but I would say in 50-100 years we could start to do this at a more rudimentary level. By the time we are a type one civilization (roughly 200-300 years from now would be my estimate) we should be mass producing buildings using nanotech and various "memory" materials and be able to customize these designs if necessary.

I was not familiar with Eric Drexler but now I am, thank you for informing me of his existence. I read his wiki page and watched him on youtube.

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@PeterJoseph

I didn't have a specific time in mind, but I would say in 50-100 years we could start to do this at a more rudimentary level. By the time we are a type one civilization (roughly 200-300 years from now would be my estimate) we should be mass producing buildings using nanotech and various "memory" materials and be able to customize these designs if necessary.

My largest concerns are:

(A) Massive anti-science & new tech. movements arising as it becomes clear how far we are shifting off of previous modes of living (e.g. the Luddites, ect.). This has a strong potential to de-rail the Scientific enterprise since those who are ignorant of, hate, fear, despise, ect. science far outweigh those who appreciate the endeavor and progress. It is not written-in-stone that Science will advance indefinitely into the future as it is still very young, and is quite plausible that our current societies advancements (Sci. & Tech.) could be swiftly kicked back into the dustbin of history such as the mythological legend of Atlantis.

(B) Knowledge becoming extremely, far too arcane and thus crucial decisions become made by very few indeed

(C) Humanity needs to generally keep up intellectually with the fundamentals of such Sci. & Tech., rather than our current program that "you only need to know how that works if you are going to be an Engineer" type thinking. I'm not demanding a similar level knowledge, rather a general understanding so that people are not wholly disconnected from how & why our Tech. functions. Previously, I have seen a Poll finding that nearly half of all US adult believe that televisions, electronics, ect. operate on magic (rather than an understanding & harnessing of the Laws of Nature)--yeah, not joking (that was a legitimate poll run).

(D) Ability to control such Tech. and use it to strictly positive ends. That is, increased Tech. "raises the stakes", both for better and/or worse

(E) The average/most people becoming more lazy than they already are. This could become dystopic rather quickly. See the video provided in this post as a hyperbolic example/warning from fiction

Human Dystopia
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