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Military research has always been a major driver of technological development. It's not a recent thing - it's just the other sources of funding are drying up.
by cameronbrown 7y ago
Military research has always been a major driver of technological development. It's not a recent thing - it's just the other sources of funding are drying up.
- throw0101a 7y ago> Military research has always been a major driver of technological development. Silicon Valley was built on government / military spending (at least until the late 1970s): * https://steveblank.com/secret-history/ https://steveblank.com/secret-history/ * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17600305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17600305
- rasz 7y agoIt never stopped https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-cia-and-nsa-research-grants-for-mass-surveillance/ https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-ci...
- dredmorbius 7y agoGoing back a ways. The US Navy was a leading founding backer of MIT.