By Dr. Jay Lehr~
French philosopher Pascal Bruckner, in dissecting the “ideology of catastrophe”, observed that the time-honored strategy of “cataclysmic discourse” emerges in large measure from intellectuals and that the”fear that these intellectuals spread is like a gluttonous enzyme that swallows up an anxiety, feeds on it, and then leaves it behind for new ones”. The idea that humanity faces an existential threat is hardly new. But mankind does and will always face serious threats from natural forces and technology is the only tool we have to deal with that reality. What does technological progress say about humanity’s ability, not to conquer nature, but to mitigate its assaults?
Technology driven productivity has given more people the ability to live good lives. The net effect of such progress is visible in the profound decline in extreme poverty. In 1820 95%of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty. By 1920…
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