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"does anyone doubt that with massive, publicly-funded investment we could not achieve them?" Yes, I very much doubt it in the US at least. We are many generati

by kolbe 7y ago

"does anyone doubt that with massive, publicly-funded investment we could not achieve them?" Yes, I very much doubt it in the US at least. We are many generations deep into an extremely nepotistic and corrupt bureaucracy. I have no faith that the US Federal Government is capable of handling even mundane projects at this point. We would require a serious shift in patriotism, education and accountability before I could believe the USA of 2020 is capable of doing something like the moon landing again.

claudeganon 7y ago
I'm confused by this sentiment as the technology was invented using this means to begin with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-driving_car#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-driving_car#History Why does government research always seem to become a corrupt, inefficient bureaucracy the moment that private industry runs off with its solutions to profit from?
- kolbe 7y ago
  The US government has done some of the greatest technological accomplishments in history. The people who did them are largely the Jews who had immense gratitude and pride for being a part of the nation that halted Nazi Germany. It's the children of the soldiers who stormed Normandy. It's the citizens of a nation riding the most impressive economic wave in history. As a result, in the 50s and 60s, there was no better job to be had than working for the government. Astronauts were like the modern day equivalent of rock stars who also started Google. It wasn't the money, but the pride of being a part of yet another great accomplishment that the greatest nation in history was embarking on. But that's gone today. We still had some of this going into the early 90s, and DARPA and the NSA I'm sure could attract and underpay enough talent to make up for other government bloat. But in 2019, we have lost this national opinion (or delusion).

by kolbe 7y ago

claudeganon 7y ago

I'm confused by this sentiment as the technology was invented using this means to begin with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-driving_car#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-driving_car#History Why does government research always seem to become a corrupt, inefficient bureaucracy the moment that private industry runs off with its solutions to profit from?

kolbe 7y ago
The US government has done some of the greatest technological accomplishments in history. The people who did them are largely the Jews who had immense gratitude and pride for being a part of the nation that halted Nazi Germany. It's the children of the soldiers who stormed Normandy. It's the citizens of a nation riding the most impressive economic wave in history. As a result, in the 50s and 60s, there was no better job to be had than working for the government. Astronauts were like the modern day equivalent of rock stars who also started Google. It wasn't the money, but the pride of being a part of yet another great accomplishment that the greatest nation in history was embarking on. But that's gone today. We still had some of this going into the early 90s, and DARPA and the NSA I'm sure could attract and underpay enough talent to make up for other government bloat. But in 2019, we have lost this national opinion (or delusion).