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The twenty-first century will require many innovationsespecially new, disruptive technologies. The world population grows at unprecedented rates while concerns about supporting the growing population also grow. When added to emerging concerns about environmental damage and depleting resources, the situation is alarming to many. Although there is a great need for new, sustaining technologies, there is no consensus. Current collective thinking is that our new technologies will arise from public/private, cross-cultural collaboration. That has never been the case throughout human history. Unfortunately, most new technologies have been born out of conflict, often of the most violent and inhumane sort. Long periods of peace have frequently ended with technology stagnation, leading to many ills, including tyranny, overpopulation, disease, and expanding poverty. These conflicts have led to a realignment of "winners" and "losers." As disturbing as these conflicts and upheavals are, we humans still seem subject to Malthusian factors that are a part of "normal progress." Hence, we should not expect our future to be somehow miraculously free of conflict. However, we would be wise to limit the

Publisher

De Gruyter

Published

2022

Language

EN