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Man the 60s were really a time of laissez-faire nuclear projects huh. I mean I'll be the first to say the pendulum has swung too far the other way but boy were
by arcticbull 5y ago
Man the 60s were really a time of laissez-faire nuclear projects huh. I mean I'll be the first to say the pendulum has swung too far the other way but boy were they ever enthusiastic.
- reaperducer 5y agoIt seems that every time someone invents a new hammer, people use it to solve every problem, whether it's the right tool for the job or not. When viewed through the lens of hindsight, the advertisements are quite amusing. In the 1890's it was "electricity." In the 1920's it was "radio." In the 1940's it was "radar." In the 1950's it was "atomic" everything. In the 1960's it as "space" this and "space" that. In the 1970's it was "jet." In the 1990's it was "cyber." Today, it's "blockchain" and "AI." Some of it works. Most of it is snake oil. But people keep buying based on trendy keywords. People are just built that way.
- allendoerfer 5y agoHas blockchain solved a single problem yet?
- throwaways885 5y agoComparing blockchain to electricity and nuclear science is just depressing for me :/
- arcticbull 5y agoThey both consumed the lives of many of the smartest folks of the time :)
- rpearl 5y agoStudying nuclear engineering should be worthwhile. Studying power system engineering was. Blockchains aren't.
- arcticbull 5y agoHaha, yes, I'm known around here for sharing that view.
- fouc 5y agoToday it's "lidar"
- bradleyjg 5y agoNone of them ever happened AFAIK, but there were some crazy ideas.
- sudosysgen 5y agoThe Soviets did use a few nukes to stop oil well fires!