Next thing will be a mini missile, including nuke head. Question of getting used to it at a young and impressive age. No more Columbine, just "goodbye school".
For science, life is nothing but a secondary effect of matter and as such unimportant. Science needs money, lots of it, and falls into the greedy clutches of economy. For which individuals are a mass that has to be manipulated so that the probable number of consumers increases.
You cannot turn bck the clock, but I don't see this as progress and innovation at all. At the best, it's an oversimplification.