http://www.foresight.org/FI/Drexler.html

K. Eric Drexler is the chairman of the Foresight Institute, an organization preparing for the arrival of nanotechnology. The organization is also interested in systems which will enhance knowledge exchange and critical discussion.

A strong proponent of the idea that knowledge growth is an evolutionary process which can be enhanced by using technology to remove some of the delays present in the expression, transmission and evaluation of information.