"Just months prior to the first explosions of the nuclear age, [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]] did not even know the bomb existed! It was a military project and primarily a military decision, with one general later describing [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]] as **a “little boy on a toboggan who never had an opportunity to say yes. All he could say was no.**” "It was more complicated than that, as [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]] himself noted on the very day of the first tests, **lamenting a world where “machines are ahead of morals by some centuries,” and hoping for a future where such a thing would not exist**." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[technology]], [[making-decisions]], [[groupthink]], **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]