Sentence examples for catastrophic technologies from inspiring English sources

"We are menaced less by fleets and armies than by catastrophic technologies in the hands of the embittered few".

And, more generally, they must create institutions specifically designed to explore and address potentially catastrophic misuse of new technologies.

But the use of the technology in important competitions suggests that, barring any catastrophic computer errors, goal-line technology will eventually become the norm.

The primal contribution of Skidmore and Toya (2002) to the literature on the economics of natural disasters is that they directly assessed the relationship between foreign technology absorption and catastrophic events.

"I worry that America will not be able to innovate fast enough in its policies and technologies to prevent the catastrophic, irreversible climate crisis.

Then there are the technologies that failed due to catastrophic human error.

Newt Gingrich, one of their presidential possible wannabes, calls the possibility of America falling behind China in technology one of the "potentially catastrophic threats" facing the country.

Oh well, rapidly decarbonizing the country and helping to avoid catastrophic climate change with some neat-ass technology was a nice thought.

"Barring any catastrophic system failure of the steering, braking, or technology, driverless vehicles will be inarguably safer than what we have today.

The scenarios I've described in this series -- environmental degradation, unchecked climate change and unintended consequences of advanced technology -- could trigger serious, even catastrophic, setbacks to our society.

But time is of the essence: A slower global transition using current technologies may be socially unacceptable and environmentally catastrophic.