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| 697320706f776572206c69652c206f722077696c | is power lie, or wil
| 6c206974206576656e7475616c6c7920656e6420 | l it eventually end
| 75703f2049742069732065787472656d656c7920 | up? It is extremely
| 7269736b7920666f72206120736d616c6c207061 | risky for a small pa
| 7274206f662068756d616e69747920746f206861 | rt of humanity to ha
| 76652069742e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f70 | ve it. </p
| 3e200d0a3c703e3130352e205468657265206973 | > 105. There is
| 20612074656e64656e637920746f2062656c6965 | a tendency to belie
| 7665207468617420657665727920696e63726561 | ve that every increa
| 736520696e20706f776572206d65616e7320e280 | se in power means
| 9c616e20696e637265617365206f6620e2809870 | an increase of p
| 2c20616e20616476616e636520696e20e2809c73 | , an advance in s
| 656375726974792c2075736566756c6e6573732c | ecurity, usefulness,
| 2077656c6661726520616e64207669676f75723b | welfare and vigour;
| 20e280a6616e20617373696d696c6174696f6e20 | an assimilation
| 6f66206e65772076616c75657320696e746f2074 | of new values into t
| 68652073747265616d206f662063756c74757265 | he stream of culture
| e2809d2c3c61206e616d653d225f66746e726566 | ,<a name="_ftnref
| 383322207469746c653d222220687265663d2223 | 83" title="" href="#
| 5f66746e3833223e5b38335d3c2f613e20617320 | _ftn83">[83]</a> as
| 6966207265616c6974792c20676f6f646e657373 | if reality, goodness
| 20616e64207472757468206175746f6d61746963 | and truth automatic
| 616c6c7920666c6f772066726f6d20746563686e | ally flow from techn
| 6f6c6f676963616c20616e642065636f6e6f6d69 | ological and economi
| 6320706f77657220617320737563682e20546865 | c power as such. The
| 2066616374206973207468617420e2809c636f6e | fact is that con
| 74656d706f72617279206d616e20686173206e6f | temporary man has no
| 74206265656e20747261696e656420746f207573 | t been trained to us
| 6520706f7765722077656c6ce2809d2c3c61206e | e power well ,<a n
| 616d653d225f66746e726566383422207469746c | ame="_ftnref84" titl
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| 5b38345d3c2f613e2062656361757365206f7572 | [84]</a> because our
| 20696d6d656e736520746563686e6f6c6f676963 | immense technologic
| 616c20646576656c6f706d656e7420686173206e | al development has n
| 6f74206265656e206163636f6d70616e69656420 | ot been accompanied
| 6279206120646576656c6f706d656e7420696e20 | by a development in
| 68756d616e20726573706f6e736962696c697479 | human responsibility
| 2c2076616c75657320616e6420636f6e73636965 | , values and conscie
| 6e63652e2045616368206167652074656e647320 | nce. Each age tends
| 746f2068617665206f6e6c792061206d65616772 | to have only a meagr
| 652061776172656e657373206f6620697473206f | e awareness of its o
| 776e206c696d69746174696f6e732e2049742069 | wn limitations. It i
| 7320706f737369626c6520746861742077652064 | s possible that we d
| 6f206e6f74206772617370207468652067726176 | o not grasp the grav
| 697479206f6620746865206368616c6c656e6765 | ity of the challenge
| 73206e6f77206265666f72652075732e20e2809c | s now before us.
| 546865207269736b2069732067726f77696e6720 | The risk is growing
| 646179206279206461792074686174206d616e20 | day by day that man
| 77696c6c206e6f74207573652068697320706f77 | will not use his pow
| 65722061732068652073686f756c64e2809d3b20 | er as he should ;
| 696e206566666563742c20e2809c706f77657220 | in effect, power
| 6973206e6576657220636f6e7369646572656420 | is never considered
| 696e207465726d73206f66207468652072657370 | in terms of the resp
| 6f6e736962696c697479206f662063686f696365 | onsibility of choice
| 20776869636820697320696e686572656e742069 | which is inherent i
| 6e2066726565646f6de2809d2073696e63652069 | n freedom since i
| 747320e2809c6f6e6c79206e6f726d7320617265 | ts only norms are
| 2074616b656e2066726f6d20616c6c6567656420 | taken from alleged
| 6e65636573736974792c2066726f6d2065697468 | necessity, from eith
| 6572207574696c697479206f7220736563757269 | er utility or securi
| 7479e2809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e72 | ty .<a name="_ftnr
| 6566383522207469746c653d222220687265663d | ef85" title="" href=
| 22235f66746e3835223e5b38355d3c2f613e2042 | "#_ftn85">[85]</a> B
| 75742068756d616e206265696e67732061726520 | ut human beings are
| 6e6f7420636f6d706c6574656c79206175746f6e | not completely auton
| 6f6d6f75732e204f75722066726565646f6d2066 | omous. Our freedom f
| 61646573207768656e2069742069732068616e64 | ades when it is hand
| 6564206f76657220746f2074686520626c696e64 | ed over to the blind
| 20666f72636573206f662074686520756e636f6e | forces of the uncon
| 7363696f75732c206f6620696d6d656469617465 | scious, of immediate
| 206e656564732c206f662073656c662d696e7465 | needs, of self-inte
| 726573742c20616e64206f662076696f6c656e63 | rest, and of violenc
| 652e20496e20746869732073656e73652c207765 | e. In this sense, we
| 207374616e64206e616b656420616e6420657870 | stand naked and exp
| 6f73656420696e207468652066616365206f6620 | osed in the face of
| 6f757220657665722d696e6372656173696e6720 | our ever-increasing
| 706f7765722c206c61636b696e67207468652077 | power, lacking the w
| 6865726577697468616c20746f20636f6e74726f | herewithal to contro
| 6c2069742e205765206861766520636572746169 | l it. We have certai
| 6e20737570657266696369616c206d656368616e | n superficial mechan
| 69736d732c206275742077652063616e6e6f7420 | isms, but we cannot
| 636c61696d20746f2068617665206120736f756e | claim to have a soun
| 64206574686963732c20612063756c7475726520 | d ethics, a culture
| 616e642073706972697475616c6974792067656e | and spirituality gen
| 75696e656c792063617061626c65206f66207365 | uinely capable of se
| 7474696e67206c696d69747320616e6420746561 | tting limits and tea
| 6368696e6720636c6561722d6d696e6465642073 | ching clear-minded s
| 656c662d726573747261696e742e3c2f703e200d | elf-restraint.
| 0a3c703e3c623e49492e2054484520474c4f4241 | II. THE GLOBA
| 4c495a4154494f4e204f46205448452054454348 | LIZATION OF THE TECH
| 4e4f43524154494320504152414449474d3c2f62 | NOCRATIC PARADIGM</b
| 3e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c | > <
| 703e3130362e205468652062617369632070726f | p>106. The basic pro
| 626c656d20676f6573206576656e206465657065 | blem goes even deepe
| 723a206974206973207468652077617920746861 | r: it is the way tha
| 742068756d616e697479206861732074616b656e | t humanity has taken
| 20757020746563686e6f6c6f677920616e642069 | up technology and i
| 747320646576656c6f706d656e74203c693e6163 | ts development ac
| 636f7264696e6720746f20616e20756e64696666 | cording to an undiff
| 6572656e74696174656420616e64206f6e652d64 | erentiated and one-d
| 696d656e73696f6e616c20706172616469676d3c | imensional paradigm<
| 2f693e2e205468697320706172616469676d2065 | /i>. This paradigm e
| 78616c74732074686520636f6e63657074206f66 | xalts the concept of
| 2061207375626a6563742077686f2c207573696e | a subject who, usin
| 67206c6f676963616c20616e6420726174696f6e | g logical and ration
| 616c2070726f636564757265732c2070726f6772 | al procedures, progr
| 6573736976656c7920617070726f616368657320 | essively approaches
| 616e64206761696e7320636f6e74726f6c206f76 | and gains control ov
| 657220616e2065787465726e616c206f626a6563 | er an external objec
| 742e2054686973207375626a656374206d616b65 | t. This subject make
| 73206576657279206566666f727420746f206573 | s every effort to es
| 7461626c6973682074686520736369656e746966 | tablish the scientif
| 696320616e64206578706572696d656e74616c20 | ic and experimental
| 6d6574686f642c20776869636820696e20697473 | method, which in its
| 656c6620697320616c7265616479206120746563 | elf is already a tec
| 686e69717565206f6620706f7373657373696f6e | hnique of possession
| 2c206d61737465727920616e64207472616e7366 | , mastery and transf
| 6f726d6174696f6e2e2049742069732061732069 | ormation. It is as i
| 6620746865207375626a65637420776572652074 | f the subject were t
| 6f2066696e6420697473656c6620696e20746865 | o find itself in the
| 2070726573656e6365206f6620736f6d65746869 | presence of somethi
| 6e6720666f726d6c6573732c20636f6d706c6574 | ng formless, complet
| 656c79206f70656e20746f206d616e6970756c61 | ely open to manipula
| 74696f6e2e204d656e20616e6420776f6d656e20 | tion. Men and women
| 6861766520636f6e7374616e746c7920696e7465 | have constantly inte
| 7276656e656420696e206e61747572652c206275 | rvened in nature, bu
| 7420666f722061206c6f6e672074696d65207468 | t for a long time th
| 6973206d65616e74206265696e6720696e207475 | is meant being in tu
| 6e65207769746820616e64207265737065637469 | ne with and respecti
| 6e672074686520706f73736962696c6974696573 | ng the possibilities
| 206f66666572656420627920746865207468696e | offered by the thin
| 6773207468656d73656c7665732e204974207761 | gs themselves. It wa
| 732061206d6174746572206f6620726563656976 | s a matter of receiv
| 696e672077686174206e61747572652069747365 | ing what nature itse
| 6c6620616c6c6f7765642c206173206966206672 | lf allowed, as if fr
| 6f6d20697473206f776e2068616e642e204e6f77 | om its own hand. Now
| 2c20627920636f6e74726173742c207765206172 | , by contrast, we ar
| 6520746865206f6e657320746f206c6179206f75 | e the ones to lay ou
| 722068616e6473206f6e207468696e67732c2061 | r hands on things, a
| 7474656d7074696e6720746f2065787472616374 | ttempting to extract
| 2065766572797468696e6720706f737369626c65 | everything possible
| 2066726f6d207468656d207768696c6520667265 | from them while fre
| 7175656e746c792069676e6f72696e67206f7220 | quently ignoring or
| 666f7267657474696e6720746865207265616c69 | forgetting the reali
| 747920696e2066726f6e74206f662075732e2048 | ty in front of us. H
| 756d616e206265696e677320616e64206d617465 | uman beings and mate
| 7269616c206f626a65637473206e6f206c6f6e67 | rial objects no long
| 657220657874656e64206120667269656e646c79 | er extend a friendly
| 2068616e6420746f206f6e6520616e6f74686572 | hand to one another
| 3b207468652072656c6174696f6e736869702068 | ; the relationship h
| 6173206265636f6d6520636f6e66726f6e746174 | as become confrontat
| 696f6e616c2e205468697320686173206d616465 | ional. This has made
| 206974206561737920746f206163636570742074 | it easy to accept t
| 68652069646561206f6620696e66696e69746520 | he idea of infinite
| 6f7220756e6c696d697465642067726f7774682c | or unlimited growth,
| 2077686963682070726f76657320736f20617474 | which proves so att
| 7261637469766520746f2065636f6e6f6d697374 | ractive to economist
| 732c2066696e616e636965727320616e64206578 | s, financiers and ex
| 706572747320696e20746563686e6f6c6f67792e | perts in technology.
| 204974206973206261736564206f6e2074686520 | It is based on the
| 6c6965207468617420746865726520697320616e | lie that there is an
| 20696e66696e69746520737570706c79206f6620 | infinite supply of
| 746865206561727468e280997320676f6f64732c | the earth s goods,
| 20616e642074686973206c6561647320746f2074 | and this leads to t
| 686520706c616e6574206265696e672073717565 | he planet being sque
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| 79206c696d69742e204974206973207468652066 | y limit. It is the f
| 616c7365206e6f74696f6e207468617420e2809c | alse notion that
| 616e20696e66696e697465207175616e74697479 | an infinite quantity
| 206f6620656e6572677920616e64207265736f75 | of energy and resou
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| 7468617420697420697320706f737369626c6520 | that it is possible
| 746f2072656e6577207468656d20717569636b6c | to renew them quickl
| 792c20616e64207468617420746865206e656761 | y, and that the nega
| 746976652065666665637473206f662074686520 | tive effects of the
| 6578706c6f69746174696f6e206f662074686520 | exploitation of the
| 6e61747572616c206f726465722063616e206265 | natural order can be
| 20656173696c79206162736f72626564e2809d2e | easily absorbed .
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| 3836223e5b38365d3c2f613e3c2f703e200d0a3c | 86">[86]</a> <
| 703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3130372e204974 | p> 107. It
| 2063616e20626520736169642074686174206d61 | can be said that ma
| 6e792070726f626c656d73206f6620746f646179 | ny problems of today
| e280997320776f726c64207374656d2066726f6d | s world stem from
| 207468652074656e64656e63792c206174207469 | the tendency, at ti
| 6d657320756e636f6e7363696f75732c20746f20 | mes unconscious, to
| 6d616b6520746865206d6574686f6420616e6420 | make the method and
| 61696d73206f6620736369656e636520616e6420 | aims of science and
| 746563686e6f6c6f677920616e20657069737465 | technology an episte
| 6d6f6c6f676963616c20706172616469676d2077 | mological paradigm w
| 686963682073686170657320746865206c697665 | hich shapes the live
| 73206f6620696e646976696475616c7320616e64 | s of individuals and
| 2074686520776f726b696e6773206f6620736f63 | the workings of soc
| 696574792e205468652065666665637473206f66 | iety. The effects of
| 20696d706f73696e672074686973206d6f64656c | imposing this model
| 206f6e207265616c69747920617320612077686f | on reality as a who
| 6c652c2068756d616e20616e6420736f6369616c | le, human and social
| 2c20617265207365656e20696e20746865206465 | , are seen in the de
| 746572696f726174696f6e206f66207468652065 | terioration of the e
| 6e7669726f6e6d656e742c206275742074686973 | nvironment, but this
| 206973206a757374206f6e65207369676e206f66 | is just one sign of
| 206120726564756374696f6e69736d2077686963 | a reductionism whic
| 6820616666656374732065766572792061737065 | h affects every aspe
| 6374206f662068756d616e20616e6420736f6369 | ct of human and soci
| 616c206c6966652e205765206861766520746f20 | al life. We have to
| 616363657074207468617420746563686e6f6c6f | accept that technolo
| 676963616c2070726f647563747320617265206e | gical products are n
| 6f74206e65757472616c2c20666f722074686579 | ot neutral, for they
| 206372656174652061206672616d65776f726b20 | create a framework
| 776869636820656e647320757020636f6e646974 | which ends up condit
| 696f6e696e67206c6966657374796c657320616e | ioning lifestyles an
| 642073686170696e6720736f6369616c20706f73 | d shaping social pos
| 736962696c697469657320616c6f6e6720746865 | sibilities along the
| 206c696e65732064696374617465642062792074 | lines dictated by t
| 686520696e74657265737473206f662063657274 | he interests of cert
| 61696e20706f77657266756c2067726f7570732e | ain powerful groups.
| 204465636973696f6e73207768696368206d6179 | Decisions which may
| 207365656d20707572656c7920696e737472756d | seem purely instrum
| 656e74616c2061726520696e207265616c697479 | ental are in reality
| 206465636973696f6e732061626f757420746865 | decisions about the
| 206b696e64206f6620736f636965747920776520 | kind of society we
| 77616e7420746f206275696c642e3c2f703e200d | want to build.
| 0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3130382e20 |  108.
| 5468652069646561206f662070726f6d6f74696e | The idea of promotin
| 67206120646966666572656e742063756c747572 | g a different cultur
| 616c20706172616469676d20616e6420656d706c | al paradigm and empl
| 6f79696e6720746563686e6f6c6f677920617320 | oying technology as
| 61206d65726520696e737472756d656e74206973 | a mere instrument is
| 206e6f77616461797320696e636f6e6365697661 | nowadays inconceiva
| 626c652e2054686520746563686e6f6c6f676963 | ble. The technologic
| 616c20706172616469676d20686173206265636f | al paradigm has beco
| 6d6520736f20646f6d696e616e74207468617420 | me so dominant that
| 697420776f756c6420626520646966666963756c | it would be difficul
| 7420746f20646f20776974686f75742069747320 | t to do without its
| 7265736f757263657320616e64206576656e206d | resources and even m
| 6f726520646966666963756c7420746f20757469 | ore difficult to uti
| 6c697a65207468656d20776974686f7574206265 | lize them without be
| 696e6720646f6d696e6174656420627920746865 | ing dominated by the
| 697220696e7465726e616c206c6f6769632e2049 | ir internal logic. I
| 7420686173206265636f6d6520636f756e746572 | t has become counter
| 63756c747572616c20746f2063686f6f73652061 | cultural to choose a
| 206c6966657374796c652077686f736520676f61 | lifestyle whose goa
| 6c7320617265206576656e20706172746c792069 | ls are even partly i
| 6e646570656e64656e74206f6620746563686e6f | ndependent of techno
| 6c6f67792c206f662069747320636f7374732061 | logy, of its costs a
| 6e642069747320706f77657220746f20676c6f62 | nd its power to glob
| 616c697a6520616e64206d616b6520757320616c | alize and make us al
| 6c207468652073616d652e20546563686e6f6c6f | l the same. Technolo
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| 766572797468696e6720696e746f206974732069 | verything into its i
| 726f6e636c6164206c6f6769632c20616e642074 | ronclad logic, and t
| 686f73652077686f2061726520737572726f756e | hose who are surroun
| 646564207769746820746563686e6f6c6f677920 | ded with technology
| e2809c6b6e6f772066756c6c2077656c6c207468 | know full well th
| 6174206974206d6f76657320666f727761726420 | at it moves forward
| 696e207468652066696e616c20616e616c797369 | in the final analysi
| 73206e65697468657220666f722070726f666974 | s neither for profit
| 206e6f7220666f72207468652077656c6c2d6265 | nor for the well-be
| 696e67206f66207468652068756d616e20726163 | ing of the human rac
| 206d6f7374207261646963616c2073656e736520 | most radical sense
| 6f6620746865207465726d20706f776572206973 | of the term power is
| 20697473206d6f7469766520e280932061206c6f | its motive a lo
| 726473686970206f76657220616c6ce2809d2e3c | rdship over all .<
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