Icarus or the Future of Science

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In this rambling essay,n Bertrand Russell reflects on the future of the world while the memory of the First World War was still strong in the public imagination.n Russell notes the concomitant development of technology and the rise of political autocracies and delves into whether man can be considered fit to handle the vast new powers at his disposal.n

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