That's one of the things that needs to be turned off ASAP.
The conversation has taken a hopeful turn. In times of doubt and confusion it's best to fall back to basic priciples established since the 1970s, and move forward from here:
As Bucky Fuller and Frank Lloyd Wright anticipated, the way foward is on the nano scale.
And I guess Issac Asimov, too
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spome