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A lot of inventions were initially for military purposes. I for example can see this used by firefighters and in disaster area after earthquake.

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Oblivious 15y ago
Why cannot it be invented in this positive context in the first place then. I can imagine the reason is money and in that sense it just shows how screwed up our world is.
- zacharycohn 15y ago
  Developing new tech is expensive. The military has a lot of money. Firefighting departments don't traditionally have trillions of dollars to spend on R&D.
- khafra 15y ago
  Disapproving of the world doesn't get you the ability to see through walls or build the Internet. Taking military funding does.
- VladRussian 15y ago
  our brain development was triggered when the ape discovered how much effective stone and stick in fight and hunt, and it [weapon development] has been the primary driver of the human brain since then. >Why cannot it be invented in this positive context in the first place then. I can imagine the reason is money and in that sense it just shows how screwed up our world is. Animals - libido. Humans - libido plus ability to kill at will (mortido is partial, very incomplete, identification of that fundamental driver) . Super-humans - libido plus ability to kill at will (highly developed and extremely self-controlled, necessary to avoid the fate of Neanderthals who lost to the much more violent and better at weapons development species - Cro-Magnon) plus the ability you're talking about - the ability to invent, more generally - create in the positive context, ie. "creatido". Creation for the sake of creation, exploration, ... A few humans through the history have manifested the basic elementary "creatido" thus providing us with the glimpse into the future human species which would evolve from [and will overtake because peaceful co-existence with bloody Cro-Magnon is just impossible ] ours species.

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Oblivious 15y ago

Why cannot it be invented in this positive context in the first place then. I can imagine the reason is money and in that sense it just shows how screwed up our world is.

zacharycohn 15y ago
Developing new tech is expensive. The military has a lot of money. Firefighting departments don't traditionally have trillions of dollars to spend on R&D.
khafra 15y ago
Disapproving of the world doesn't get you the ability to see through walls or build the Internet. Taking military funding does.
VladRussian 15y ago
our brain development was triggered when the ape discovered how much effective stone and stick in fight and hunt, and it [weapon development] has been the primary driver of the human brain since then. >Why cannot it be invented in this positive context in the first place then. I can imagine the reason is money and in that sense it just shows how screwed up our world is. Animals - libido. Humans - libido plus ability to kill at will (mortido is partial, very incomplete, identification of that fundamental driver) . Super-humans - libido plus ability to kill at will (highly developed and extremely self-controlled, necessary to avoid the fate of Neanderthals who lost to the much more violent and better at weapons development species - Cro-Magnon) plus the ability you're talking about - the ability to invent, more generally - create in the positive context, ie. "creatido". Creation for the sake of creation, exploration, ... A few humans through the history have manifested the basic elementary "creatido" thus providing us with the glimpse into the future human species which would evolve from [and will overtake because peaceful co-existence with bloody Cro-Magnon is just impossible ] ours species.