Updated - Albert Einstein The Menace Of Mass Destruction Full Speech Work

Einstein attacked the US policy of atomic secrecy. He argued that keeping the science secret was a fool’s errand. "Nature does not know the patent office," he said. He predicted that Russia would have the bomb within four years (they did: 1949). The real menace, he argued, was the secrecy that bred paranoia and prevented international trust.

: He argued that technology had shrunk the world into one community with a "common fate," yet most people lived with a mix of fear and indifference.

"The Menace of Mass Destruction"

Einstein attacked the US policy of atomic secrecy. He argued that keeping the science secret was a fool’s errand. "Nature does not know the patent office," he said. He predicted that Russia would have the bomb within four years (they did: 1949). The real menace, he argued, was the secrecy that bred paranoia and prevented international trust.

: He argued that technology had shrunk the world into one community with a "common fate," yet most people lived with a mix of fear and indifference.

"The Menace of Mass Destruction"