> But if I look around at the current state of affairs I would say it looks like we have started to walk backwards as a civilisation If we talking about techno

> But if I look around at the current state of affairs I would say it looks like we have started to walk backwards as a civilisation If we talking about technology development than each technology has ups and downs but very often there is a gradual improvement, peak and then slow of fast fall. I don't think nuclear energy passed its peak and degrades. Newer reactors are better than 50 years ago. The only think which can be worse - ever increasing amount of regulations added without cost-benefit analysis. Safety by any price is a dubious goal because the price may be too high to pay.