Should We Beware Humanity’s Collective Capacity Reaching Critical Mass?
By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
October 2016 EDITORIAL
Man’s discoveries and inventions revolutionise him. That is a truismThe conquest of fire altered how and what we eat; the invention of the wheel changed how we travel and how we construct machines; the discovery of germs increased human population as much as new modes of cultivation kept us better fed; and the harnessing of nuclear power provided us with a new source of energy along with awesome weapons of mass destruction.Practical knowledge – along with the subsequent technologies –...
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.
