The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.
Advances in technology - hugely beneficial though they are - render us vulnerable in new ways. For instance, our interconnected world depends on elaborate networks: electric power grids, air traffic control, international finance, just-in-time delivery, and so forth.
The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous.
Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.
Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security.
The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.
What I have found most surprising is the amount of damage we have done to environment in the course of my lifetime - not even five and a half decades.
So one begins to wonder what is going to happen to the human race. Technology keeps on advancing with greater and greater power, either for good or for destruction.
We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
We are vulnerable in the military and in our governments, but I think we're most vulnerable to cyber attacks commercially. This challenge is going to significantly increase. It's not going to go away.
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