Yes, nuclear weapons were (are) mildly relevant. The potential destruction of civilization as we know it is worth noting. But the new truth is that is that it would be hard to make a case that anything in our world is more relevant than technological advancement. The impact is too strong and the circle of influence too wide.
6. “Technology Is a Very Human Activity.”
The Wall Street Journal article noted how Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook, in a 2017 commencement speech at MIT, said: “Technology is capable of doing great things. But it doesn’t want to do great things—it doesn’t want anything.” The point? That despite its power, “how we use technology is up to us.”
Yes.
But let’s let the final word be Kranzberg’s:
“Many of our technology-related problems arise because of the unforeseen consequences when apparently benign technologies are employed on a massive scale.”
Again, yes. As in a “tower of Babel” scale.
And we know how that turned out.
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