Technology and Annihilation

There exists a mass fear that is specific to the generations that followed WW2. The fear of the willful destruction of all life on this planet through the technological method. Consider the kind of neurosis and fear that gripped the last three generations. A fear that any moment the whole of human society could be instantly incinerated. This fear has been a deciding factor in the unfolding of western culture since the end of WW2. A poor student or scholar of history would fail to see this.

This is the heritage of the nuclear age. And now we are facing new threats to our existence.

This imposes upon the whole of the human race a single question: are we wise enough to master ourselves and the power we now possess? Are we evolved enough to face the responsibilities that the momentum of human history has imposed upon us?

One thing we must face that is truly disturbing is this. Throughout the history of the world since 1945, nuclear war has been averted on several occasions. What one must ask is whether our leaders did so owe to a moral choice and a sense of responsibility to God and His human creation, or whether they were simply motivated by a desire to preserve their station? The practical upshot of this, from their point of view, is that nuclear war would end human society; and as a result, end their political power. From a purely political perspective, this would be a terribly irresponsible thing to allow. Yet, how does this affect the rest of humanity? Does this reduce the individual to a disposable commodity, a statistic devoid of all human and spiritual value? And even worse, how many human beings regardless of station, rank, and ideology are, almost exclusively by choice and consent, truly below a level of such consideration?

Furthermore, how did humanity devolve to the point of using science and the subtleties of nature in such a horrible manner? What kind of human being could willingly build such devices? What corruption of mind and spirit could look at the world, its resources, and peoples, and say "If I cannot possess and control it, then nobody will!" Because that is, in stark reality, the statement that every nuclear weapon ultimately makes. And why do we willingly permit such people to run our governments, industries, militia, media, educational institutions, and economy?

The irresponsible pursuit of technologic advancement placed the whole of humanity in danger of being annihilated. It also changed the psychological makeup of civilization. For decades, we have been at the mercy of an oligarchic elite of men (of questionable sanity) who could destroy all life on this earth at a command. Or who create a technologic project that has no need for humanity and is far beyond our ability to comprehend and control.

And realistically speaking, the only thing that has prevented this from happening so far was not the inevitable destruction of humanity and life on earth, it was the threat of the end of their own political power.

These are our leaders - and yours are no different.