Sentences with phrase «destructive capabilities of technology»

His study of machines arguably reflected both a delight in scientific advancement, and a fear of the destructive capabilities of technology, in the wake of the nuclear stand - off and America's war in Vietnam.

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Contemporary warfare has in fact taken the form of local conflicts, more often than not civil wars, in which no great alliances of nations are involved; these have been wars fought for reasons based in local rivalries, typically inflamed by historical animosities, ethnic disparity, or religious difference, rather than for reasons of global Realpolitik; they have been fought not with nuclear weapons (or, indeed, other types of weapons of mass - destructive capability) or the latest in military technology, but instead with conventional weaponry, often of old design, and often limited to rifles, knives, grenades, and light, crew - served weapons which individual soldiers can carry on their persons.

Yet we reckon with our own destructive capabilities in extraordinary acts of hope - filled creativity: we collect the DNA of vanishing species in a «frozen ark,» equip orangutans with iPads, and create wearable technologies and synthetic species that might one day outsmart us.