And if they don't understand it and how it functions, they will never be able to interface with it. So the religious community must understand the rules of the game, the laws of technology, and how technology functions. And if they don't do it, they will be overrun. If they learn how to get to the wheels of power, to the places where we can make a difference, then they will be able to shape their own future, and the future of humankind. Right now China is building, it is going to expand, and it is building infrastructure.
Cement throws off a lot of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
It's a greenhouse gas. In the U.S. can we can control our carbon dioxide - maybe. If we could learn that this is an important general problem for humankind, then we can go about guiding that technology to maybe even avoid the production of carbon dioxide altogether. Likewise we can look at questions of genetic engineering, and before we get there be able to say, okay, within our traditions, this is going to be alright, and this not alright. And when people say it can't be guided, I give you the example of nuclear power.