It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has
exceeded our humanity.
Albert Einstein
As we progress further and further
into new depths of technology this quote seems to stand out as far as how we
view technology. Nuclear weapons are getting larger and larger, Weapons of mass
destruction are something to be feared yet we accept them like a natural part
of life, we are preparing for an all out war with unspeakable weapons and on
the way we seem to have had our humanity stolen by a politician getting votes
or an arms company trying to earn money or even our own irrational fear of
others weapons (weapons that either don’t exist or we have made more powerful
through our own efforts). I am not perfect I also fall into the trap that is
the logic that we need to protect ourselves. However the problem with that
thinking is that the reason we need weapons is for others who are thinking like
us. We need to stop this unbridled growth of the explosions created by our
weapons of mass destruction The development of the our weapons has also went
far past, not only our humanity in using them but also our ability t6 clean up
the mess. The nuclear fallout at Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been there since
we blew hem up and we have no way to try and fix it. The People who have been
born from the victims of that explosion have irreparable genetic damage which 6
decades later we still are unable to fix.
We also have come up with more and
more ways to damage our environment. For instance our ability to drill for oil
has increased exponentially while our ability to clean up oil spills is the
same as it used to be. There is no humanity in destroying the earth only greed
and laziness. Our ability to fix
Rain forests and plant trees is far below our ability to cut them down. Our
technology has surpassed our ability to fix the world. We do not invest in
renewable energy sources and we do not invest in ways to make sure that the
world is going to be as good or better for our children as it was for us, Our
technology has far surpassed our humanity and our ability to care about our
future generations. As the future comes rushing toward us we will have to face
the consequences.
That is true. Our strength in arms has increased and there is a big threat, but one question comes to my mind when i consider this. In the cold war, when there was much more tension then then there is now, did we blow each other up? I think that we can solve our insecurities with other nations.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame that our capacity to destroy surmounts our willingness and ability to build and recover. We can only hope that history will not repeat itself when alliances and the built up tension of the nuclear arms race ignites into an all-out war. Should the scenario occur, mutually assured destruction seems inevitable.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, Einstein has predicted the outcome of centuries after his time with this quote. What I see is social darwinism kicking in. There are the scientists, mathematicians, philosophers, and many other like those who progress exponentially over time, creating and inventing, and patenting faster than the world can keep up with. And then there are those who spend their lives basking in their own ignorance, living off of the progression of the intelligent. Neither group can completely keep up with the era of technology, and it is, in my opinion, a ticking time bomb of disaster.
ReplyDeleteIt is mainly my point that it is ignorance and inhumanity that causes the problems hatred of others is the most important cause of our evils
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