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There has been a lot of changes over the years but none so profound as the internet itself with the potential to change the world around us.  While that is profound in itself there looms one that could be larger and in the realm of science fiction and that is Artificial Intelligence, especially, when you design in the power to be self autonomous.

While the internet has essentially affected the way we shop along with the way we interact, date, and do almost everything else AI has the ability to bring about a brave new scary world.  It's really crazy how science fiction often becomes science fact before our own eyes in our own lifetimes even.  Many have viewed the Terminator movies where the goal is to time travel back into history to alter and save humanity from itself.   Well I hate to make any bold statements this day and time but although I don't think Time Travel will be one of those Science Facts I do think that mankind has within it's own grasp the ability to sew the seeds of our own destruction through artificial intelligence.

That said it may never get to that point anyway as mankind still possesses the ability to reach our own demise by and at our own hands with various rogue nations achieving Nuclear capabilities, nations such as Iran and North Korea who equally are a threat to our existence and for different reasons. 

Whereas North Korea is led by a crazy idiot who may just be insane enough to believe that he could launch an unprovoked attack upon the US or one of our Allies and actually get away with it, with his own life intact thinking that China and/or Russia will come to his rescue before the US could or would retaliate.  Worse even with his mental instability he could easily imagine any act to be a provocation against them calling for a reprisal from their own Nuclear Capability. 

IRAN on the other hand, who is one of, if not the leading, sponsor of world wide Radical Islamic Terrorism, would surly love to sneak a dirty bomb or Nuclear bomb into the heart of America and have some ultimate suicide bomber set it off or launch a pre-emptive full scale attack against Israel in an attempt to annihilate their long standing geographical, political and religious enemy whom they have outwardly pronounced as not being worthy to live or exist.  IRAN, in my opinion,  stands far more likely to use Nuclear weapons than even North Korea with it's own instability because whereas Russia and/or China does have some minute influence into or over North Korea, IRAN considers it's desire to wipe out Israel and eliminate the West a God (Allah) given directive and honestly many believe that if such a war is launched, by mankind, by them, ,that God (Allah) would then show himself and align Himself with them in the fight against the world, on God's (Allah's) behalf.  That's a far scarier scenario than having some nut possess a nuclear trigger.  It also means that there is far more likelihood that Nuclear power will be used without concern of a Mutually Assured Destruction threat which has helped keep Nuclear Power in Check since it's inception.  

There is no Mutually Assured destruction threat when it comes to IRAN because their Religious leadership fully believes that even with the world's, the west, overwhelming Nuclear counter deterrent that the west or any other nation would not be able to use it against IRAN account God/Allah would intervene and stop it and in their minds God trumps Nuclear deterrence.  They fully believe that God/Allah is giving them the bomb and Nuclear Capability for the express intent to put it to use.  There is an old saying, highlighted in the movie "Hunt for Red October" where it's stated that you don't put on a condom unless you are ready to F#&*.  Essentially the same could be applied to IRAN when it comes to possessing Nuclear Weapons.  IF they possess them then there is a reason and that "religious" reason is to use it, first against Israel but right there equal with Israel is the West and America.  This is one thing Obama and our politicians are clueless to and blind to and seemingly don't seem to care about because the Iran agreement paves the way for Iran to obtain and possess Nuclear power and a Nuclear Weapon in the years to come all while protecting them, Iran, from a pre-emptive attack by Israel in order to wipe out their capability before it's too far along, if it's not already.

So while the internet is one of the most technologically advanced changes that has occurred in our lifetimes bringing with it redefining ways we shop and interact and obtain information and learn, it also presents a treat to many because of that release of information which is powerful in the hands of the oppressed.  It also interconnects all of us and along with Artificial Intelligence and an ever increasing willingness to create drones and robotic creations that have the ability to kill but also an ability to think, on their own and make decisions are we a bigger threat to ourselves, in the future, or have we already allowed the seeds of our own destruction to grow by allowing nations such as North Korea and IRAN to possess and actually create nuclear weapons?  Then the question looms do we have a right to stop them in the first place?   It's just idle and random thoughts for a late/early night/morning. 

 

Be as the Bereans ( Acts 17:11 )

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the scary thought is , Iran is harassing our navy. Korea is threatening with nucs.

China and Russia sit back and let us be weakened. Then come in to finish us. This doesn't include the concerns with borders open, unvetted refugees attaching from the inside.

President Obama may have succeeded in bringing us down.

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