The Ecological Impact of Militarism
24 September 2020 (Wall Street International)* — As we start the 21st century and the new millennium, our scientific and technological civilization seems to be entering a period of crisis.
Today, for the first time in history, science has given to humans the possibility of a life of comfort, free from hunger and cold, and free from the constant threat of infectious disease.
At the same time, science has given us the power to destroy civilization through thermonuclear war, as well as the power to make our planet uninhabitable through pollution and overpopulation. The question of which of these alternatives we choose is a matter of life or death to ourselves and our children.
The crisis of civilization, which we face today, has been produced by the rapidity with which science and technology have developed. Our institutions and ideas adjust too slowly to the change.
John Scales Avery is a theoretical Chemist at the University of Copenhagen.
He is the Chairman of the Danish National Group of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (Nobel Peace Prize, 1995).
*John Scales Avery‘s article was published in Wall Street International. Go to Original. Click HERE to read more articles by Johan Scales Avery posted in Human Wrongs Watch
