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Nothing. We've abandoned all big science, technology and engineering projects in favour of comfort and entertainment. I'll say this for the USSR, they had big
by LatteLazy 5y ago
Nothing.
We've abandoned all big science, technology and engineering projects in favour of comfort and entertainment.
I'll say this for the USSR, they had big goals at least. That's all gone now because people don't want it. They want a slightly larger house or a quicker rate of change of fashion or more extravagant sports contests (eg the Iraq war 3)
- mbg721 5y agoWe had a local maximum in the West in the last century, and that's where the complacency and pessimism are coming from. But don't underestimate humanity; we're plenty capable.
- Kaibeezy 5y agoI totally agree with your first sentence. I totally disagree with your second one. Unless there’s some sort of major reboot, the button for which I suppose we are busily groping around for. Any of several buttons. Interconnected buttons. The buttons of DOOOOM!!!
- muzani 5y agoI think much of the world is still ambitious and optimistic. Modern America and the opioid epidemic reminds me of 19th century China that battled with opium addiction.
- smugglerFlynn 5y agoCould it be that modern forms of government just give individuals less tools to force or manipulate huge numbers of other people to work on these “big” projects? There are big ideas being worked on today (finding cure for cancer, reaching Mars), just not on the same scale. Many people are nostalgic for USSR’s big goals, except for those who did not share the ideas or means to achieve them (or were simply killed in the process).