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We began to feel in control, and our understanding gave us the power to construct our own complex environment of technology. ![]() But the Enlightenment brought reason to bear scientific analysis made sense of more and more of the world. In the Dark Ages humans blamed the gods for causing unforeseen events that altered people’s lives. When humans lived in the jungle, they thought that nature’s displays arose from mystical qualities. Our technology has gotten so complex that we no longer can understand it or fully control it. We humans have linked our destinies with our machines. Had the “flash crash” not reversed itself, a global financial meltdown would have ensued. On May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones industrial average inexplicably plummeted almost 1,000 points in minutes, only to mysteriously rise before the day ended. The glitch cascaded, preventing air traffic control computers nationwide from communicating. On November 19, 2009, a single circuit board inside a computer router in Salt Lake City failed.
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