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"Past performance is the best indicator of future performance." Technology has saved our sorry ass in the past, so it is likely to continue doing so for the foreseeable future.

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Except it hasn't. It has saved us in some occasions, but not in others. There where still millions of "unnatural" deaths in the twentieth century. And, similar to what the other comment pointed out, some species are extinct or nearly extinct - technology doesn't seem to have helped them.

What about the recent financial crisis? Not sure how hard it really hit, but nevertheless, technology has not prevented it. Just an example to point out that we do NOT have everything under control.

Not entirely true. Technology can also kill our habitat more quickly. We now know where the fish swim and will catch them all. We now know how to blow up tons of rock to get a little gold...

Greed will always be the source of the problem.

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