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Great decisions is produced by the Foreign Policy association in association with thomson reuters, funding for great decisions is provided by Price Waterhouse coopers llp. dramatic music [radio host] a short time ago, an american airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. [narrator] the seeds of Nuclear Proliferation were sown when the us attacked hiroshima and nagasaki at the end of world war ii. It was mankinds first exposure to a weapon that would forever alter the calculus of war. The introduction of then called atomic weapons in 1945 had a ve...

Domestic violence. Mass violence has a certain connotation today. How would it have been different in the 1850s . It was very different, because in our past, mass killings were very common. You just did not have the technology to kill as many people. When you are talking about violence are nearly done with knives or swords, or muzzleloading firearms you know, it takes a while to reload. Even if you are skilled, it takes 30 seconds to reload one of those things. By the time you pour in the powder, put on the percussion the persont ready, you are trying to kill should be half a mile away. It is ...

You just did not have the technology for an individual to kill as many people as you do today. When you are talking about violence done with knives or swords or muzzleloading firearms, you know, it takes a while to reload. Even if you are skilled, it takes 30 seconds to reload one of those things. By the time you pour in the powder, put on the percussion cap, and get ready, the person you are trying to kill should be alf a mile away. It is very difficult. These were mass murderers where a lot of people got together to do these things. We can get examples very early in our history. The pequot w...

Recently American History tv was that the american historical Associations Annual meeting in denver, colorado. We spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. This is about 20 minutes. Bill we are joined by randolph roth, history professor at ohio state university, here to talk to us about Mass Violence and Domestic Violence. Mass violence has a certain connotation today. How would it have been different in the 1850s . Prof. Roth it was very different, because in our past, mass killings were very common. You just did not have the technology to kill as many people...

His talk today will be on what he calls the law of amplification. So its a very interesting talk because, you know, here at mit our motto is let us build technology and, obviously, that will solve all of the worlds problems. [laughter] and its kind of a heresy in some way to have this talk, and the talk is aptly named geek heresy rescuing social change from the cult of technology, something thats very interesting because it provokes, you know, important conversations. Technology is important, but its also important to think about what is the impact of the technology and how do we design the te...