Will we be able to prevent disasters?
There is a chance for disaster in every aspect of technology. May be natural or may be man made. But one thing is clear that, we the Human Beings can't expect the time and type of the disaster. For example the world was disturbed by the swine flu recently. What do you think of the first person on this planet to be affected by Swine Flu? Would he have survived? Well, I personally feel that the chances are less. Because it was a different or most certainly a new kind of virus for the scientists. They need to understand the prospectives of the virus first. Then the next step will be preparation of a drug to cure the disease. The final step will be to develop a vaccine to prevent the disease.
So the cycle is:
Experience the Disaster
Cure It
Prevent It
The same is the case with the disasters that happen at the frontiers of technology.
Before the swine flu was first diagnosed did anyone expect that we will need to face a virus shortly that has particular characteristics? No, ofcourse not! Similarly it would be difficult to predict the time and type of the disaster we need to face. Even though we take certain steps to prevent the occurance of certain kinds of disasters, we can't predict what kind of disaster we need to face in the future. Who would have thought of a big Tsunami wave hitting Fukushima nuclear plant untill it experienced the damage? And ofcourse now they are trying to cure it and prevent it. I personally feel same is the kind of any disaster that occurs in the future.
