One Day When I Was 8 Years

For Most Of Human History, We Could Only Watch, Like Bystanders, The Beautiful Dance Of Nature. But Today, We Are On The Cusp Of An Epoch-making Transition, From Being Passive Observers Of Nature To Being Active Choreographers Of Nature. The Age Of Discovery In Science Is Coming To A Close, Opening Up An Age Of Mastery.

Faust Was This Mythical Figure Who Sold His Soul To The Devil For Unlimited Power. The Japanese Have Made That Faustian Bargain Because They Don't Have Coal, Oil Or Hydro Power.

After That Cancellation [of The Superconducting Super Collider In Texas, After $2 Billion Had Been Spent On It], We Physicists Learned That We Have To Sing For Our Supper. ... The Cold War Is Over. You Can't Simply Say "russia!" To Congress, And They Whip Out Their Checkbook And Say, "how Much?" We Have To Tell The People Why This Atom-smasher Is Going To Benefit Their Lives.

There Is So Much Noise On The Internet, With Would-be Prophets Daily Haranguing Their Audience And Megalomaniacs Trying To Push Bizarre Ideas, That Eventually People Will Cherish A New Commodity: Wisdom.

The Reactors In Japan Are Stable In The Same Way That A Ticking Time Bomb Is Also Stable. It Wouldn't Take Much To Light The Fuse - A 6.6 Earthquake, Like What Happened Today In Japan, A Pipe Break, An Over-pressurized Containment Vessel - Anything Could Set It Off, In Which Case We Would Have Another Chernobyl, Three Times The Magnitude Of A Chernobyl Accident.