The sympathy of the world has been aroused by the devastating earthquake in Gujarat, and we add our humble thought-energy to the cumulative flow of condolence towards out brethren who are sufferers. Newsweek , in its Special Edition dated December 2000-February 2001, looks at the issues that will dominate the world during the year and how they can be met. Prominent among the challenges is the intersection between human beings and technology. There have always been dangerous technologies. The 20th century, which might as well be called the age of industrialized murder, is only the most obvious example.
Engineers tend to associate history with progress.
In the end, the measure of humanity is a philosophy matter. This will be the great decision of the next decade. It goes well beyond the mere commercial viability of new technologies, though many will think that is all we need to know. It goes to who we think we are. But that's what it means to be human.