All I'm saying is that our curiousity and ability to amass technological knowledge and toys has exceeded our ability to use them wisely.
Similar to heroin. Useful substance, can be processed into all manner of pain relievers, makes many surgical processes possible. Wonderful benefits.
And mankind can become addicted, use the drug unwisely and in a manner which leads to the demise of people.
Or guns. The FBI reports that 25 innocent people are killed by personal weapons for every one badguy. There's no doubt that they kill badguys, but at what cost?
I'm simply suggesting that mankind probably knows more than we can handle wisely, and it's leading to our being a very short-lived species.
Technology is cumulative, wisdom needs to be learned by each individual and is rarely done. An adolescent attitude tends to run things, preferring to use force rather than negotiate.
We've come close before. Imagine if Bush-Cheney had been in power during the Cuban missile crisis. Nuclear war. That would be the fast way.
And global warming is the slow way. Mankind is smart, curious and unwise.
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