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off the cuff, non-exhaustive list: 1930s — video image tubes 1940s — nuclear power, atomic clocks, transistors 1960s — lasers, fiber-optic communications
by AprilArcus 4y ago
off the cuff, non-exhaustive list:
1930s — video image tubes
1940s — nuclear power, atomic clocks, transistors
1960s — lasers, fiber-optic communications, PET-CT scans
1970s — MRIs
- deanCommie 4y agoIt's worth acknowledging that the fears of the cold war funded tremendous scientific and technological innovation on both sides of the iron curtain. People had singular focus - not on the betterment of humanity in the abstract sense, but for primal SURVIVAL - because both sides believed that if given the chance the other would wipe them out. This created a unifying focus (amongst two divided sides). A lot of people have hoped for some event to unify humanity (like the space squid in the watchmen) towards a common goal again. Alas, COVID has shown that is just simply not possible any longer.
- somewhereoutth 4y agoCuriously, and sadly, it seems that the only threat we are always primed and ready to deal with is other humans. Which I suppose makes sense given our 'tribe' ancestry.