found this jewel tucked away on my bookshelf:“Visions” by Michio Kaku
where he uses the arc of information age and its impact on the interplay between these 3 revolutions:
1. quantum revolution,
2. computer revolution,
3. biomolecular revolution
to explain
WHY this shift is crucial:
reductionism → synergy
the past (reductionism): where bits dominated atoms (1 > 0)
→ the future (synergy): atoms will rule over bits once again, where the whole > the sum of its parts (0 > 1) eventually giving way to a new computer architecture…
thus giving us unprecedented power to manipulate the 3 pillars of modern science: matter, life, mind.
“The point is that these three scientific revolutions are not only the key to scientific breakthroughs in the next century; they are also the dynamic engines of wealth and prosperity. Nations may rise and fall on their ability to master these revolutions.”
one of them being a *new computer architecture* 🤔
“In the twenty-first century, brainpower and imagination, invention, and the organization of new technologies are the key strategic ingredients.” —Lester Thurow