This is a great blog post, with lots of wonderful links, but I do think the author is reading into things.<p>Here's an interview in dutch with Ben years before he received the nobel prize. You can see that he has a love for discovery, but you can also see that he cares about the prize.<p>Interviewer: So in the future, maybe the nobel prize will go to nanotechnology?
Ben: There's definitely a chance that the nobel prize will go to nanotechnology in the future.
Interview: Maybe it'll go to you!
Ben: ::big grin::<p>Source: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBNrqsJAFWU&feature=youtu.be&t=125" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBNrqsJAFWU&feature=youtu.be...</a>