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Instead of figuring out how to generate and harness energy for the world, atomic and nuclear research was routed primarily to military application to further advance these nationalistic and colonial goals. Because weapons, not energy creation, was the priority of these civilisations.

It’s easy to build a narrative of caution and regret, but there are many other examples like this. As such, it’s evident throughout history that technology is always wielded at the level of consciousness of the civilization that wields it.

We took that core discovery and put a huge investment in creating weapons contributing to a global arsenal that still threatens all human life today," he says.

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