We are ever more dependent on the advanced technology that we, in contemporary society, use on a daily basis. Much of it has, in fact, lost the mystique and novelty that it held for us just a decade or so ago. What before were amazing newfangled gadgets have quickly become everyday tools that we use automatically and with little thought as to the marvel that they represent compared to what was available for our daily use just a few decades ago, and the latest advances are happening at a rate many hundreds of times faster than ever before, especially in the fields of communications and transportation. But powering the technical advance, there remains the primitive truth of the natural elements necessary to create it. While some of us may be mildly concerned about what will happen to all of the hardware of the modern technological age once it becomes obsolete, few of us give a lot of thought to where the elements used in the manufacturing of that hardware come from in the first pla...
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Author Roberto Vivo comments on wars past and present, on the world’s great peacemakers and on the pathway to global peace. His basic philosophy: In a world where 9 out of every 10 victims of armed conflict are civilians, war is no longer a viable political alternative. Indeed, it is the ultimate crime against humanity. If rising generations are to have a future, the key will lie in world peace. War is the pathway to oblivion.