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 […]
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 .
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 .