The experiences of the atomic scientists clearly show the need to take personal responsibility, the danger that things will move too fast, and the way in which a process can take on a life of its own. We can, as they did, create insurmountable problems in almost no time flat. We must do more thinking up front if we are not to be similarly surprised and shocked by the consequences of our inventions . . . We are being propelled into this new century with no plan, no control, no brakes. . . . The only realistic alternative I see is relinquishment: to limit development of the technologies that are
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