> "a black ball: a technology that invariably or by default destroys the civilization that invents it" I think I see the issue, and I think that summary leaves

> "a black ball: a technology that invariably or by default destroys the civilization that invents it" I think I see the issue, and I think that summary leaves an important facet out that the paper talks about. It would probably be better as "a black ball: a civilization-destroying technology that cannot be regulated, so invariably or by default destroys the civilization that invents it"