I believe that the war instigated the development of three main technologies which eventually aided in the further destruction of the world. To generalize, these three technologies were better planes, better guns, and better bombs. For example, planes began to get faster, carry more weapons, and be less detectable. Overall, this allowed them to kill many more people and more efficiently as well. The improvements in bombs guns, however, were directly made to kill efficiently, such as faster rates in shooting or larger radii of explosions. Eventually this led to the peak of modern explosives and the very well known, atomic bomb. The atomic bomb could easily be most efficient killer which was developed due to the world war, and eventually played a massive role in the winning of the Allies.
The atrocities of the United States and other international powers most definitely show bad leadership, as any atrocity would. This is especially due to the inhumane testing of these weapons and technologies, which of course caused a huge amount of damage to many people and their ʻāina. However, that does not make the development and study of nuclear sciences an atrocity itself. This can be seen in your phrasing of the question, “ how do the ethical atrocities that arise from the use of WW2 technology show…” where the placement of the word “use” exemplifies this. For example, although the testing and use of nuclear weapons killed many people and had a strongly negative impact and regrettably couldʻve been done in a much more peaceful way, this also allowed for a great understanding of nuclear sciences. The reason that this is a great thing, is that it allows for the creation of a clean, renewable, and extremely effective energy source. This especially impacts Hawaii and our kahiau project because of Hawaiiʻs desperate need for such a resource when the only other currently viable energies are things like solar and wind farms which can be quite unreliable and take up valuable ʻāina (as seen with kahuku). As for our Kahiau projects, the generation of such an unexploited resource would allow for a massive step in sustainability, allowing us to become incredibly sustainable in energy and from there, food, transportation, etc.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorIʻm Kaleikaumaka Carrillo. My parents are Ruben and Sidney. Iʻm from Oʻahu, though my Mom is from Big Island and my dad, California. I love rocks, plants, science, and nature in general. I like dogs and my favorite food is Mexican. Archives
April 2020
Categories |