Those who accuse a particular country. For the latest on the stories you can head to our t. V. Dot com coming up astronomer Martin Reeses goes through with. Me how im so feet share not same 1st 6 years of enjoyed thoughtful and honest conversation with Global Leaders and their crunch issues but today the Bigger Picture what is a catalyst that makes us take what matters today and what really matters tomorrow welcome to. Visionary. The 21st century an era of mind boggling breakthrough but among all the solutions are there are dangers lurking and they are known how can we grasp all that science has to offer and still stay safe while ive talked to a lower march in. Astronomer royal then amoret is a professor of cosmology and astrophysics at the university of cambridge. Martin rees a pleasure having me on our program so we had all of the questions you know. Many of your colleagues are actually were knowing that Technology May help human race advance and thrive and prosper but it can also. H
Breakthrough in technology but it would take a whole generation yes digest and now this breakthrough as had been every day every 5 minutes so its like we cant really catch up with them we dont whether thats indeed the worry that these changes are happening faster than we can accommodate them and regulate against them that is. Theres been a huge surge of developments in both biotechnology. Intelligence and machine thing and these are the ones that are hard to deal with but of course. All technologies advanced. And it was only 50 years between the 1st transatlantic flight. In 919 and the 1st man on the moon in 96 you know that was 50 years but in the 50 years since then in terms of space size in aviation things havent changed no as we back to the moon. The jumbo jets flew in 96 you know. It could be that they go into a sort of on that level off again so we come to shoot the sauce just evolving technology will continue to evolve its breakneck speed. He once wrote a book with a very optimi
You feel like your predictions are coming true or maybe you see the reverse process is yes well i think i was among the highlights the issues that the empowerment of small groups of individuals by bio inside is going to lead to new tensions new threats to governance and a growing tension between 3 things we want namely liberty security and privacy and i think that prediction has been borne out. Confronted by these concerns in my opinion but although i think we will have a bumpy ride through the century its always you they are unlikely that we ourselves out im not suggesting that but i think we do need to worry about the control that these technologies into of us we can its hard to regulate. But also its depressing that the gap between the way things could be and the way things actually are is so wide and possibly getting wider. What exactly do you mean like the way things could be the way things are you mean like humans could be more in tune with the technology and more responsible wit
Transmissible of. The dangerous technologies those which unlike Nuclear Energy require just fairly small facilities access to a computer the Cyber Attacks or access to all the the bar free to do. Issues so that is why its very very hard to regulate and even if we have agreed International Regulations as already have been developed for genetics and Similar Technology is forcing those regulations globally its going to be very hard. Just as hard as enforcing the drug laws globally with the tax laws globally we have that much excessive doing either of those and thats why i do worry that we will have a bumpy ride through this century because we cant really avoid having just a few people somewhere in the world who will. By intention or by misadventure create some a vent which could cascade globally and be a very serious setback but also i feel like a lot of the problem. And mishandling of the new Technological Progress is probably due to the pace of the progress because like before it would
Years between the 1st transatlantic flight. In 919 and the 1st man on the moon in 96 you know that was 50 years but in the 50 years since then in terms of space size in aviation things havent changed no as we back to the moon. The jumbo jet flew in 96 you know. It could be the dry going to sort of in that level off again so we cant assume the sauce just evolving technology will continue to evolve its breakneck speed. You once wrote a book with a very optimistic tile our last century. 16 years on do you feel like your predictions are coming true or maybe you see the reverse process is yes well i think i was among the highlights the issues that the empowerment of small groups of individuals. Inside is going to lead to new tensions new threats to governance and a growing tension between 3 things we want to name the liberty security and privacy and i think that protection has been borne out. Confronted by these concerns in my opinion but although i think we will have a bumpy ride through t