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It's things like this that make me yearn for the government of yore that just fucking did it, no questions asked i.e. the federal government laying out the inte
by JohnWhigham 5y ago
It's things like this that make me yearn for the government of yore that just fucking did it, no questions asked i.e. the federal government laying out the interstate highway system. They didn't care it tore apart neighborhoods, they did it because if they didn't, the evil Soviets would eventually build a better highway system and the US couldn't have that embarrassment. A shitty motivator? Sure, but it was a motivator. Now in the 3 decades since the end of the Cold War, what accomplishments has any government done that rivals what happened during the Cold War era? None.
- truculent 5y agoBut isn’t a lot of the bad infrastructure and urban sprawl a consequence of those very decisions? Perhaps a more considered approach would have worked better in the long term. For instance, in Amsterdam, local people fought back against plans to put highways through the city which has resulted in a much more pleasant urban environment.
- _sillymarketing 5y agoNASA developed and gave away TCP/IP. That was a fundamental networking piece for everyone. GPS?