Marginal cost of production will approach zero for most goods (molecular manufacturing + 3D printing)

Marginal cost of production will approach zero for most goods (molecular manufacturing + 3D printing) | as we get to molecular manufacturing, that goes to near zero again. So just those couple of breakthroughs across all of these domains, especially when you add AI is an accelerant to everything means that we have profound movement forward.

as we get to molecular manufacturing, that goes to near zero again. So just those couple of breakthroughs across all of these domains, especially when you add AI is an accelerant to everything means that we have profound movement forward.

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  "context": "complexity was was expensive the design materials... But with 3D printing, complexity doesn't matter... And as we get to molecular manufacturing, that goes to near zero again.",
  "verbatim": "as we get to molecular manufacturing, that goes to near zero again. So just those couple of breakthroughs across all of these domains, especially when you add AI is an accelerant to everything means that we have profound movement forward.",
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