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In reply to the discussion: Broken Government [View all]H2O Man
(73,536 posts)41. Right.
Rubin used to tell me that humanity's technological advances were far beyond our ability to exercise any wholesome control of them. Thus, while our technological abilities made it possible for human beings to get back to the Garden, we instead mixed miracles (advances in medical abilities, for example) with nightmarish weapons of war.''
Years later, this topic was re-visited, and he noted that western civilization had reached a tipping-point, where technology was exerting more control over people, than people had over technology.
I miss talking to that Old Man.
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KingCharlemagne
Dec 2015
#44
Great post. I believe a lot of us (not just at DU) know that the monsters are gaining ground.
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Dec 2015
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