An industrial milling machine in an empty workshop, lit by small amber lamps.

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Albert Einstein

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

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The speaker expresses alarm that technical capability has grown beyond human compassion or judgment. Progress in tools is measured against the quality of the people using them, and the comparison is unfavourable. The line presents invention without corresponding moral growth as a troubling imbalance.

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