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ARTICLE · 19 JANUARY 2015

MLK’s Prophetic Words On Technology Ring True As Cyberspace Becomes Latest Front In Global War Against Hatred And Intolerance

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I came accross the text of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1964 Nobel Lecture at Oslo, Norway, where he reminded us to not let our moral progress fall behind our progress in science and technology

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I came accross the text of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1964 Nobel Lecture at Oslo, Norway, where he reminded us to not let our moral progress fall behind our progress in science and technology.  How fitting a message in light of a recent spate of events where the good that technology contributes to our society has been hijacked by forces of evil.  The speech, in relevant part, reads as follows:

Yet, in spite of these spectacular strides in science and technology, and still unlimited ones to come, something basic is missing. There is a sort of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.

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