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Ever consider that part of what got us to the moon was the divided and bashfully racist setting (perhaps not the racism itself)? Contrary to your comment, soci
by lettergram 7y ago
Ever consider that part of what got us to the moon was the divided and bashfully racist setting (perhaps not the racism itself)?
Contrary to your comment, society - in general, was more uniform and ridged. There were faults, and obvious a repressed 20% or so that were not really even part of society (blacks, hippies, etc). But the norms, the suits, the ties, those who made up the vast bulk of society. They were all people from (or raised during) WWII which had a unifying effect. They were the people who got stuff done like going to the moon, not the 20% impacting social change. Both were necessary to achieve growth, one technological, one social.
Today, we have primarily been focusing on the social aspects of society. Corporations, taking the place of technological growth. Largely, because society doesn’t want the technological growth from the government, they want social welfare and “fairness”. Both of which, we honestly seem to have diminishing returns on at this point.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoI think that means that it should be much easier to redo the moon landing these days. Not only is technology more advanced, but also the people trying to design and program this wouldn't have to wear suits and ties.
- JabavuAdams 7y agoThe problem is today we have an entrenched and embattled NASA. Just watched the full Robert Zubrin video that was linked elsewhere in the comments. NASA hasn't been able to get to the Moon, or Mars, because NASA has been structurally incapable of deciding to 1) go to a destination, and 2) do only the things that help to get to that destination. Instead, everyone has to protect their turf and their technology, the net result being that NASA isn't allowed to go to the moon or to mars the easy way -- they have to invent a ridiculously complicated way that keeps all of their constituencies happy and their pet project funded.
- MrBuddyCasino 7y agoSomeone’s read The Refragmentation[0]. [0] http://www.paulgraham.com/re.html http://www.paulgraham.com/re.html
- JabavuAdams 7y agoWorth thinking about, but the people arguing for social change consume tiny resources compared the wars of the last 20 years, the war on drugs (and the social devastation it caused), and generally more rapacious corporate and political behaviour. EDIT> Which, I guess, was the point of the original post.