darius comments on How probable is Molecular Nanotech? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: darius 29 June 2013 11:28:48PM *  2 points [-]

it's also notable that he successfully predicted the rise of the internet

Quibble: there was plenty of internet in 1986. He predicted a global hypertext publishing network, and its scale of impact, and starting when (mid-90s). (He didn't give any such timeframe for nanotechnology, I guess it's worth mentioning.)