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"