My grandfather came to this conclusion early in the cold war as it dawned that humans had reached the point of reducing global destruction down into a push-butt

My grandfather came to this conclusion early in the cold war as it dawned that humans had reached the point of reducing global destruction down into a push-button. Human capacity for tool making greatly outstrips human capacity for responsibility. You wouldn't give a baby a loaded pistol, but unfortunately the baby went and built a nova bomb.