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KnowledgeandProgress

[00:00.42]Passage7.KnowledgeandProgress

[00:03.71]Whydoestheideaofprogressloomsolargeinthemodernworld?

[00:09.18]Surelybecauseprogressofaparticularkindisactuallytakingplacearoundus

[00:14.76]andisbecomingmoreandmoremanifest.

[00:17.49]Althoughmankindhasundergonenogeneralimprovementinintelligenceormorality,

[00:23.40]ithasmadeextraordinaryprogressintheaccumulationofknowledge.

[00:28.11]Knowledgebegantoincreaseassoonasthethoughtsofoneindividual

[00:34.23]couldbecommunicatedtoanotherbymeansofspeech.

[00:37.85]Withtheinventionofwriting,agreatadvancewasmade,

[00:41.89]forknowledgecouldthenbenotonlycommunicatedbutalsostored.

[00:47.15]Librariesmadeeducationpossible,andeducationinitsturnaddedtolibraries:

[00:54.36]thegrowthofknowledgefollowedakindofcompoundinterestlaw,

[00:58.09]whichwasgreatlyenhancedbytheinventionofprinting.

[01:01.37]Allthiswascomparativelyslowuntil,withthecomingofscience,

[01:06.40]thetempowassuddenlyraised.

[01:08.26]Thenknowledgebegantobeaccumulatedaccordingtoasystematicplan.

[01:13.29]Thetricklebecameastream;

[01:16.14]thestreamhasnowbecomeatorrent.

[01:18.33]Moreover,assoonasnewknowledgeisacquired,itisnowturnedtopracticalaccount.

[01:24.89]Whatiscalled“moderncivilization”isnottheresultofabalanceddevelopmentofallman’snature,

[01:31.78]butofaccumulatedknowledgeappliedtopracticallife.

[01:35.72]Theproblemnowfacinghumanityis:

[01:39.00]Whatisgoingtobedonewithallthisknowledge?

[01:41.85]Asissooftenpointedout,knowledgeisatwo-edgedweapon

[01:46.77]whichcanbeusedequallyforgoodorevil.

[01:50.05]Itisnowbeingusedindifferentlyforboth.

[01:53.23]Couldanyspectacle,forinstance,bemoregrimlyweird

[01:56.95]thanthatofgunnersusingsciencetoshattermen’sbodieswhile,closeathand,

[02:01.87]surgeonsuseittorestorethem?

[02:03.95]Wehavetoaskourselvesveryseriouslywhatwillhappenifthistwofolduseofknowledge,

[02:10.29]withitsever-increasingpower,continues.