PEDIATRICS Vol. 98 No. 3 September 1996, pp. A28
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THE BIGGER THEY ARE, THE HARDER THEY FALL

We have never limited a technology—or even approached limiting a technology—to its beneficial uses. Society's past experience with both nuclear and petrochemical revolutions demonstrates that the more powerful a technology is at expropriating and controlling the forces of nature, the greater the disruption of our society and the potential destruction of life as we know it.