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I agree, re-inventing the wheel is misguided -- and I've never known a government to produce technology (sure wouldn't trust government-made technology).
by eplanit 17y ago
I agree, re-inventing the wheel is misguided -- and I've never known a government to produce technology (sure wouldn't trust government-made technology).
- karanbhangui 17y agoForgetting the Internet? How about all the stuff NASA made? How about crypto contributions from NSA? How about GPS from the US Navy?
- eplanit 17y agoYou're right -- I mean consumer technology. Should've been more clear.
- karanbhangui 17y agoAll the stuff I mentioned is used in consumer products...
- rauljara 17y agoEven then, the govt pays for the basic research from which any number of consumer products are derived. The government is essentially producing the technology, they just are shrink wrapping it and making a buck off of it.
- eru 17y agoMaybe they are just crowding out the other guys?
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- solutionyogi 17y agoYes, government did produce few good things which you can count with your fingers. What about the myriad of failures? If you think about all the wastage done by government, these few good things actually cost us a fortune [it's our tax money after all.] Also, you are under the impression that if it was not for Government, we would have never seen GPS OR Internet or cryptographic progress. I would highly doubt that. I am sure that market would have produced similar (or even exact) solutions without all the waste. EDIT: Yes, government provide us with GPS technology but it was free market which made it accessible to everyone. Can you imagine government being able to envision that one can fit navigation tool inside a phone which fits in my pocket?