The text of the draft contract offered by US President Donald Trump to Kyiv would turn Ukraine into an economic colony for Washington for years to come and goes far beyond the US control of the country’s critical minerals, covering everything from ports, infrastructure, oil and gas, and rare earth minerals. The proposed terms of […]
Sadly, war fuels a lot of innovation, and it’s been that way for thousands of years. While I don’t like war and wish people could just live and let live, yes, we will need people to run the manufacturing lines, companies to mine and refine the raw materials, etc. Many of those lines were running minimally, if at all, because we already had the warehouse of old stuff. Now that we don’t (or at least have less), there’s room for more. And that in turn will provide the money for those companies to develop better weapons. Again, nothing really new. It’s a tale as old as time.
Literally almost every technological advancement we have today is because someone was trying to figure out how to kill someone more efficiently. From the slingshot and bronze sword all the way up to nuclear weapons and stealth planes. It’s not a boomer concept at all (nor am I one), and it surely will not be limited to that generation. See also: drone warfare, using aviation tactics very similar to WW1. What is old is new again.
You say “we live in modern times” like that somehow precludes our primitive tendencies, but that’s just ignorance, in my opinion. It’s like a beauty pageant contestant wanting world peace. It is a wonderful aspirational goal, but it’s not exactly realistic, either.
Planes and nucler weapons are not advancements since there’s no civilian use counterpart anymore.
Sorry, it does not apply anymore.
Advancements are now electric mobility, renewables, satellites for civilian internet connection, cheap and higher education for all population, welfare, etc.
Nobody gives a duck about supersonic planes anymore, nor for big firecrackers .
Sadly, war fuels a lot of innovation, and it’s been that way for thousands of years. While I don’t like war and wish people could just live and let live, yes, we will need people to run the manufacturing lines, companies to mine and refine the raw materials, etc. Many of those lines were running minimally, if at all, because we already had the warehouse of old stuff. Now that we don’t (or at least have less), there’s room for more. And that in turn will provide the money for those companies to develop better weapons. Again, nothing really new. It’s a tale as old as time.
But fortunately we live in modern times… Sorry, I dont respect some old “life concepts”, it’s a bit “boomer” to continue saying good old bullshit…
Literally almost every technological advancement we have today is because someone was trying to figure out how to kill someone more efficiently. From the slingshot and bronze sword all the way up to nuclear weapons and stealth planes. It’s not a boomer concept at all (nor am I one), and it surely will not be limited to that generation. See also: drone warfare, using aviation tactics very similar to WW1. What is old is new again.
You say “we live in modern times” like that somehow precludes our primitive tendencies, but that’s just ignorance, in my opinion. It’s like a beauty pageant contestant wanting world peace. It is a wonderful aspirational goal, but it’s not exactly realistic, either.
Planes and nucler weapons are not advancements since there’s no civilian use counterpart anymore.
Sorry, it does not apply anymore.
Advancements are now electric mobility, renewables, satellites for civilian internet connection, cheap and higher education for all population, welfare, etc.
Nobody gives a duck about supersonic planes anymore, nor for big firecrackers .