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A More Perfect Human

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The Future of Science and Technology

Some elite academics and scientists believed that better technology was actually the key to our future because it could help us bypass the messy parts of being human. To give us more control over ourselves and the world around us. And in effect replace God with science. There's also a real concern about the practicalities of preventing a nuclear war which was a very real threat at that time. We all know the atomic bomb is very dangerous. Since it may be used against us, we must get ready.

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