AS we look around the world, it is only natural that we find a few good things and a few bad ones. And, if we look around a bit critically, it becomes obvious that the bad things owe their origins to human excesses of this kind or that. From climate change to the subjugation of nations, the lust for more leads us to destruction. In the blind race to control, humans tend to bypass the rules of nature.

Nuclear and cyber technologies, like much else, surely have their own advantages, but in the hands of human beings, their benefits seem to pale into insignificance compared to the evils caused by them. We are entangled in a web of uncertainties. The rising trend of cybercrimes, the race for weapon supremacy, the economic warfare, etc., have caused, among other things, mistrust and regional groupings. But, as is the prevailing trend, human beings are inviting the fury of nature in the shape of climatic change.

A better part of technology is based on satellites placed in vastness of space in the upper surface of our planet where cosmic storms do appear from time to time, the sun changes the direction of its emissions, navigational signals get disrupted and the atmospheric temperature keeps getting higher. With all this happening, there is every likelihood of things going awry and causing a chaos on Earth.

It is not too hard to visualise what we, the human beings, are up to. But, apparently, we do not have the time to ponder. When we do wake up, it might already be too late.

Zakaria Kareem Karachi