The latter portends disaster if not altered in the immediate years ahead. In the wars of the twentieth century about 120 million people were slaughtered. At the beginning of the century 90 percent of those war casualties were soldiers. As the century ended over 90 percent of war casualties were civilians.
Modern war is a direct assault on the innocents.
We witness this today in some thirty ethnic and religious conflicts going on in the world. Many of these have been raging for decades with staggering casualties, including millions of refugees. Technology has helped bring us to the very brink of total ruin through the creation of nuclear weapons. Einstein implored that a new way of thinking is mandatory if civilization is to survive and progress. Yet we still haven't learned.