POL 607 Lecture Notes - Shortwave Radio, Compact Cassette, Industrial Revolution
4 Oct 2013
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This will show how much destructive human power has grown: Technology has improved life but military and warfare have shown the dark side of technology. Historically, the 20th century was the bloodiest in history. More humans got killed in this century than any other. Technology has enabled more efficient warfare and in turn more deaths. Wwii life toll was 20 million in russia and poland lost half of its population. You would think we would have made progress with such an educated planet but its simply not the case. Human beings for the most part have been pretty violent creatures. There are some reasons as to why that might be. One thing that should be kept in mind is that we are animal life forms. The fact that you can make things doesn"t negate the fact that youll use them against others. The bow and catapult were some of the earliest military technologies.
