A key trait I’ve noticed in all the material we’ve covered is that everyone thinks that technology advancements only bring benefits. However, all the material has shown that technology advancements also produce negative repercussions.
This was an easy trait to see at the World’s Fair. At what really was the start of a century long arms race, countries from across the globe showed off all there military advancements trying to out do the others countries at the World’s Fair. One general was quoted as saying something along the lines of [the only way to maintain peace is by advancing your military]. It only took 20 years for this general to be proved wrong. WW1 was the first of a series of unprecedentedly large wars that caused millions of deaths.
Like the General’s at the worlds fair, Hank Morgan believes firmly that advancements in technology will completely better everyone’s lives. Yet in the end, Morgan’s technology just leads to tens of thousands of deaths. His technology was meant to aide the unfairness and social inequality he was seeing; however, in this case his means did not justify his ends.