Dennis W. MacDonald
Professor Emeritus
Saint Anselm College
Technological development has always been subject to a mixed reception of fear – fear of its impact on a people’s way of life or the inability of comprehend the new or threats to livelihood – and promise – promise of an improvement in daily life, expansion capacities to act, a lessening of life’s burdens. However, several developments over the last century (or two) have raised serious questions.