This is the best such talk I've ever seen, bar none. Thank you for posting it.
The things that are being described here will play a far greater role in shaping the world and our future than anything else we talk about day in day out. Labs like the one that this guy runs at MIT are where some of the real action is.
When you see the double amputee hopping around on the rocks -- realize that this goes beyond the miraculous, and into something different in kind: the human being's mastery over recalcitrant materials has become stranger and more awe-inspiring than any mere miracle conjured in the timid dreams of our past. It's good to see that; it's better to know that we are just barely getting started.
The things that are being described here will play a far greater role in shaping the world and our future than anything else we talk about day in day out. Labs like the one that this guy runs at MIT are where some of the real action is.
When you see the double amputee hopping around on the rocks -- realize that this goes beyond the miraculous, and into something different in kind: the human being's mastery over recalcitrant materials has become stranger and more awe-inspiring than any mere miracle conjured in the timid dreams of our past. It's good to see that; it's better to know that we are just barely getting started.
same old shit, sixes and sevens Shaft...