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No. No. No! This can’t be true! I like driverless cars. My libertarian friends tell me that nothing the government does is good. Theeefore this cant possi
by YesThatTom2 8y ago
No. No. No!
This can’t be true!
I like driverless cars. My libertarian friends tell me that nothing the government does is good.
Theeefore this cant possibly be true.
Same thing with the internet.
- eeZah7Ux 8y agoDespite the sarcasm, this is a good point. Which revolutionary technologies have not been developed with public money?
- icelancer 8y agoThat the government spends a shitload of money on basically everything under the sun doesn't mean that public investment is always a good idea. The Internet was very largely developed by the private sector; despite public underpinnings of the infrastructure, the private sector would have brought it along in time as well and the result would have been largely the same.
- acdha 8y agoThe private sector was the phone company, and their vision was quite different. Without huge amounts of federal funding creating operating system support, tools, and operational practice the future might have looked at lot like CompuServ or AOL. I don’t know whether they still have it but the old displays at Epcot used to be a fascinating warped-mirror alternative history.