[L]ooking forward, it's very likely that our world's highest level
decisions--closed-door and situation-room play calls and audibles that
will almost definitely determine the future of our planet--will
increasingly be made by power-hungry, ego-maniac, arguably unqualified
individuals. Nearly all of whom, at least for the time being, appear to
be vane, war-mongering, deeply fearful men, who lack empathy and
intuition and who are definitely not scientists--nor even scientifically
inclined or motivated.