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Old 03-11-2021, 02:22 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
There were times when sci-fi was more fascinating. Now sometimes it's quite frightening to daydream about the future, not because of how technology would evolve but how it could be used against us instead of improving our lives.
That's the inevitable course of humanity; that every newfound ability brings about increasingly difficult problems to solve until the problem finally becomes insurmountable. "I know an old lady that swallowed a fly, perhaps she'll die".

When humanity took control of their destiny in the Garden, they simultaneously sealed their fate. Ingenuity is a double-edged sword that cuts both ways.
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