It occured to me that our biggest threat is technology, not extremists.
People willing to sacrifice their lives for their cause is not a new thing in history. The only problem is that as technology evolves, the damage that a relatively small group of people can inflict become exponentially larger.
Today the danger is for extremists to get their hands on nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. As time passes the destructive powers of technological advances will only increase, even if those advances are for legitimate science based purposes. How long before technology advances too far and makes mass destruction too simple?
If you think I exagerate consider this: I studied biochemistry and molecular biology in college and from my experience in research labs i can tell you that creating multiple-antibiotic resistent strains of bacteria is quite simple...only question is can you get your hands on 'last line of defence" antibiotics which are closely gaurded. I'm sure similar things are possible at the moment in other areas and will be even more dangerous in the future.
People willing to sacrifice their lives for their cause is not a new thing in history. The only problem is that as technology evolves, the damage that a relatively small group of people can inflict become exponentially larger.
Today the danger is for extremists to get their hands on nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. As time passes the destructive powers of technological advances will only increase, even if those advances are for legitimate science based purposes. How long before technology advances too far and makes mass destruction too simple?
If you think I exagerate consider this: I studied biochemistry and molecular biology in college and from my experience in research labs i can tell you that creating multiple-antibiotic resistent strains of bacteria is quite simple...only question is can you get your hands on 'last line of defence" antibiotics which are closely gaurded. I'm sure similar things are possible at the moment in other areas and will be even more dangerous in the future.
