Technology vs. Liberty

The smog-shrouded highways leading into our major cities or the favorite beach ruined by pollution make most Americans at least vaguely aware that our natural environment is gradually losing the battle against technological advance. But even more serious, suggests Mr. Yeager, is the perhaps less obvious erosion of personal liberty which is necessitated by the growing and increasingly concentrated populations made possible by technology. It has been proved that human beings can adjust to almost any social situation, the author declares, but he concludes that we had best consider in advance just what we will be adapted to.