Will technology end the world?

With the way technology has been advancing it seems as if anything is possible. For many people this is a frightening situation, especially when dealing with any kind of weaponry. Just recently an article was put out about a heat-beam ray gun which uses a heat-beam to help control unruly inmates at an LA jail (Watkins). Just one generation ago no one would have thought that a ray gun was possible to make, just something you may see on Star Trek.

To make it worse with enemies all over the world fighting and striving to develop new technology on how to kill each other more efficiently. If every country is racing to develop the best weapons when we already have nuclear weapons that can destroy entire countries what is next. This video explains it quite simply.



Although the video is a bit comical, and exaggerated it points out a potently possibility that may have to be dealt with at some point in time. Even with our current technology we can already destroy the world, what happens when we improve it even more?



The end of the world [video]. (2006). YouTube. Retrieved 5 Sept 2010. .

Watkins, Thomas. ACJ. LA authorities plan to use heat-beam ray in jail. 27 Aug 2010. 5 Sept 2010. .