"Ron_Fischer.mvenvos"@XEROX.COM (03/22/89)
In terms of the basic ability to get a concept into the average person's mind I would suggest a carefully graded series of presentations. Scholarly papers have appeared already, next we require dry PBS specials and eventually a wonderfully entertaining romp in the vein of "The Day the World Changed" by James Burke. Perhaps "The Day the World Will Change?" This pushes the concept out into the somewhat high falutin (sp?) population. On the general popular end of things we need to continue the trend of SF authors writing about nanotech. Other genre authors will hopefully pick up on this as well, perhaps we'll see a bestseller like "Red Storm Rising" based around the idea of an amazing nanotech advance. Some movies would eventually be made as the books became more popular. Finally, we get Norman Lear out of retirement and create a sitcom like "Three's Company: The Next Generation" where everyone in the household is a cloned variant of John Ritter (shudder, but its necessary). Also helpful in this last stage might be a game show, like "Wheel of Molecular Fortune" where the contestants decipher a simple molecular structure being revealed by a scantily clad women turning illuminated atomic symbols. Additional fun would be provided by having "gragu" spots on the wheel and allowing players the use of assemblers to change the structure to something more valuable in a final round. (ron)