Technology: The "Great Equalizer"

Here Ken discusses some of the challenges of emerging technology in today's world, most notably the creation of technologies by highly developed minds that can be used by the least developed members of the human family. He uses the example of the Colt revolver, a weapon that was created from a fairly sophisticated level of cognition, that can be used by absolutely anybody—which is precisely why these weapons are collectively known as the "great equalizers" of society, since they more or less place everyone on the same footing, despite enormous differences of strength, intelligence, or morality between individuals.