I don't know if it has destroyed society, but the unintended consequences of technology are jarring. The optimist in me sees these as "growing pains" in the effort to institute tech for the greater good. The pessimist thinks it could lead to our downfall. -Thinh Quoc Dang, via Facebook The only flaw was putting a time limit on the bet. Neither Sale nor Kelly could see the impact Covid-19 will have on the next 30 years. A tip of the hat to Thomas Malthus: Famine, war, and pestilence are thriving as the world enters the 21st century. With the aid of technology, a world of 4 billion people might have been sustainable. But today's world has a population of over 7.5 billion, which is unsustainable even with technology.
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