It seems the threat is more subtle, though. China wouldn't bring down America informational infrastucture because no one wants to exchange nukes. But what if it's a kid from Peru? It's important to remember, within all the promise of technology: The key to the gates of heaven, is also the key to the gates of hell.

Think of it. We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all to feed everybody, clothe everybody, give every human on earth a chance. We know now what we could never have known before – that we now have an option for all humanity to “make it” successfully on this planet in this lifetime. Whether it will be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment.

--Buckminster Fuller, 1980