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This is your take on the day before SpaceX attempts to fly the worlds first fully reusable spacecraft to 15 km and land it? That if successful will put larger p

This is your take on the day before SpaceX attempts to fly the worlds first fully reusable spacecraft to 15 km and land it? That if successful will put larger payloads into space at less than one hundredth the cost of the Space Shuttle, and enable manned deep space missions to Mars and beyond? Just weeks after Apple unveiled the worlds fastest CPU core running on only 15 watts (with credit to a Brit architecture)? If you look at the world through a filtered lens, of course you only see what you want to see.

neves 6y ago
Maybe his take is after the USA didn't manage to contain an epidemic, used its power to steal medical equipment from other countries, developed a marvelous vaccine that will sell at a high price for other countries after vaccinating itself.
- valuearb 6y ago
  Like I said, the world is what you filter it to be.
- mixedCase 6y ago
  >Maybe his take is after the USA didn't manage to contain an epidemic Combined with the crucial failure of China that kept it under lid for too long, and followed by most of the rest of the world who also failed to contain it. > used its power to steal medical equipment from other countries, What are you talking about? > developed a marvelous vaccine that will sell at a high price for other countries after vaccinating itself. Good thing the world is capitalist by nature and we have two more (cheaper) vaccines ready to go, and Moderna will have to lower its price or sell it to those who are willing to pay them a premium for whatever reason. Right? And I'm not sure if this is even a thing, but even if it is, what is your problem with each country requesting their labs to provide for their host nation's citizens first, specially in a case where all labs AFAIK received funding in some form by taxpayers?
  - neves 6y ago
    This is what I mean: USA Divert masks of other countries: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/mask-wars-coronavirus-outbidding-demand https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/mask-wars-coro...
ajford 6y ago
My take on it is that many of the fundamental advancements in the last couple of decades are increasingly shifting from the public sector into the private sector. SpaceX benefits NASA, but it is beholden to itself and it's shareholders, not the public (this being said as a massive SpaceX fanboy). Same with Apple. These companies exist to benefit themselves first, civilization second. Conversely, if the development of the fastest CPU was funded by direct government funding it would be available as a foundation for future use by all, instead of other manufacturers needing to (re)discover the techniques themselves.

neves 6y ago

Maybe his take is after the USA didn't manage to contain an epidemic, used its power to steal medical equipment from other countries, developed a marvelous vaccine that will sell at a high price for other countries after vaccinating itself.

valuearb 6y ago
Like I said, the world is what you filter it to be.
mixedCase 6y ago
>Maybe his take is after the USA didn't manage to contain an epidemic Combined with the crucial failure of China that kept it under lid for too long, and followed by most of the rest of the world who also failed to contain it. > used its power to steal medical equipment from other countries, What are you talking about? > developed a marvelous vaccine that will sell at a high price for other countries after vaccinating itself. Good thing the world is capitalist by nature and we have two more (cheaper) vaccines ready to go, and Moderna will have to lower its price or sell it to those who are willing to pay them a premium for whatever reason. Right? And I'm not sure if this is even a thing, but even if it is, what is your problem with each country requesting their labs to provide for their host nation's citizens first, specially in a case where all labs AFAIK received funding in some form by taxpayers?
- neves 6y ago
  This is what I mean: USA Divert masks of other countries: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/mask-wars-coronavirus-outbidding-demand https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/mask-wars-coro...

ajford 6y ago

My take on it is that many of the fundamental advancements in the last couple of decades are increasingly shifting from the public sector into the private sector. SpaceX benefits NASA, but it is beholden to itself and it's shareholders, not the public (this being said as a massive SpaceX fanboy). Same with Apple. These companies exist to benefit themselves first, civilization second. Conversely, if the development of the fastest CPU was funded by direct government funding it would be available as a foundation for future use by all, instead of other manufacturers needing to (re)discover the techniques themselves.