Weekend Listening: Are We in a Pre-War Era?
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (Photo via Getty Images)
Walter Russell Mead believes we live in an age when humans could bring about an apocalypse. He tells me why—and what we must do to avoid it.
Recently, Walter Russell Mead wrote an outstanding article in Tablet titled “You Are Not Destined to Live in Quiet Times.” It’s about the paradox—and great dangers—of technological progress. “Human ingenuity has made us much safer from natural calamities,” he wrote. “We can treat many diseases, predict storms, build dams both to prevent floods and to sa…
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