Tomorrow I'll be spending the afternoon with a select group of U.S. Navy captains being groomed for admiralty at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
This is the third year in a row I've been invited to meet with members of the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group (SSG), which "generates revolutionary
naval warfare concepts."
Our three-hour presentation and discussion this year will be divided into three parts: Accelerating Change, Nanofactory Technology, and Military and Security Implications.
According to the SSG web page: "Revolutionary implies that the concepts would upset the existing order. . . The SSG focuses its efforts on warfighting concepts that appear to have great potential, but Navy organizations are currently not pursuing. "
CRN believes that molecular manufacturing is very likely to upset the existing order in numerous ways, including naval and other types of warfare. Therefore, we are pleased to share our outlook with the SSG and with any other significant group -- military or not -- that seeks to understand and prepare for the revolutionary changes that are coming our way soon.
How did it go?
Posted by: Michael Anissimov | October 04, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Thanks for asking. It was a very successful meeting. We spent three hours together and I think I opened a lot of eyes (and hopefully minds) to the potential power and worrisome implications of advanced nanotech.
One thing I did that worked quite well is to carefully review the 5-minute nanofactory video. I showed it once straight through, and then a second time I stopped it numerous times to explain various concepts and to answer questions as they came up.
This approach was so well received that I'm sure I'll try it again, and I'd encourage others to do the same.
Posted by: Mike Treder, CRN | October 07, 2008 at 10:27 AM