The future is them. The monsters they are inheriting they need to defeat for survival are far more daunting than any other generation on Earth. And, yes, even more so than the so called "Greatest Generation" of WWII.
Hitler was no small accomplishment, but, besides the victory and survival of civilization it was a generation of indulgence as was that of the next. There is no passing of the torch of peace and/or environmental stewardship by any generation to precede them.
Published time: January 15, 2014 14:10 Edited time: January 16, 2014 10:47
...While a team of physicists writing to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted some positive developments in 2013 – including successful talks on Iran’s nuclear program, and the fact that overall there has been a reduction in nuclear armaments worldwide – they decided there was still little hope for jubilation:
"As always, new technologies hold the promise of doing great good, supplying new sources of clean energy, curing disease, and otherwise enhancing our lives. From experience, however, we also know that new technologies can be used to diminish humanity and destroy societies," wrote the scientists on the board.
"We can manage our technology, or become victims of it. The choice is ours, and the Clock is ticking," they added.
The clock was first launched in 1947 by the editors of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. The wife of one of the researchers on the team, Martyl Langsdorf, had offered her artistic rendition of the object....
