A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality. An implicit and almost universal assumption of discussions published in professional and semipopular scientific journals is that the problem under discussion has a technical solution. I would like to focus your attention not on the subject of the article (national security in a nuclear world) but on the kind of conclusion they reached, namely that there is no technical solution to the problem. If the great powers continue to look for solutions in the area of science and technology only, the result will be to worsen the situation." It is our considered professional judgment that this dilemma has no technical solution. confronted by the dilemma of steadily increasing military power and steadily decreasing national security. This article is based on a presidential address presented before the meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Utah State University, Logan, 25 June 1968.Īt the end of a thoughtful article on the future of nuclear war, Wiesner and York (1) concluded that: "Both sides in the arms race are. The author is professor of biology, University of California, Santa Barbara. The Tragedy of the Commons by Garrett Hardin, 1968 Home Society Garrett Hardin Articles Books Videos Quotes Links Tributes
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