"Unser ganzer gepriesener Fortschritt der Technik, überhaupt die Civilisation, ist der Axt in der Hand des pathologischen Verbrechers vergleichbar."
— Albert Einstein

January 1, 1970

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Albert Einstein
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Sometimes paraphrased as "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."