65. Error connected with incorrect
correlation of force and safety
Emotionally, there may be a tendency to
associate strong technologies as good, and weaker technologies as bad. Maybe
because on a daily basis the strongest technologies we are exposed to are generally
good. However, it actually follows that the stronger a tool, the more capable
it is of influencing the world, and (usually) the more destructive it can
theoretically be. Seemingly safe technologies, such as air travel, can be
turned to destructive ends by the use of bombers. The destructive variants of
many of the common technologies we use are hidden on military bases or in other
places. An analysis based on incomplete information of technology is inclined
to interpret a technology emotionally or whimsically, softening perceived risk.