We are getting so many technologies like this that are so insanely specialized and require such deep knowledge of physical processes that some event like a 1918

We are getting so many technologies like this that are so insanely specialized and require such deep knowledge of physical processes that some event like a 1918 flu that kills 10% of the population could take out enough people that we'd be unable to make things like this for years as we fill in the missing knowledge workers. It's just crazy how far down the scale we're tickling atoms these days.