Sunday, April 13, 2014

The Uncertain Future


People in certain areas of the world go about their lives not thinking about the war and destruction that goes outside of their living space. "A History of Bombing" tells us of the authors that have imagined our world in the future telling stories of the possibilities that may come with the invention and improvement of the bomb. One such story, told by the supposed future President of the United States (132) captivates the moment where one final war causes humanity to subdue under one reign or use the last atomic weapon that will render humanity obsolete. This is one of the many paths that our life may take if we were to live alongside WMDs.
After the first uses of an atomic weapon, the cold war threatened to extend the use of atomic weapons throughout the world. We would like to believe that the fall of a superpower and the placement of laws that prohibit the use of such weapons would keep us from actually using WMDs. But every now and then comes a person that dares to defy the law and believes themselves to be able to use advanced technologies to their advantage. How long until the good people of the world must face a radical who seeks destruction for their vision of the world? We have already seen such people who had the potential to rise and change the world. With newer technologies at our disposal, there is nothing saying that history will not repeat itself again.



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