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> how come some of us still believe science and technology can get us out of this mess when it was science and technology that brought us here. I can't underst
by nomel 4y ago
> how come some of us still believe science and technology can get us out of this mess when it was science and technology that brought us here.
I can't understand the logic here. The progress of science isn't somehow dead. The problem is our priorities.
For an example, the US just sent $50 billion to Ukraine. Imagine what 50, $1,000,000,000 science grants could accomplish.
- paulryanrogers 4y ago> For an example, the US just sent $50 billion to Ukraine. Imagine what 50, $1,000,000,000 science grants could accomplish. Not sure your example is clearly bad priorities. (Though generally I think the US wastes too much on the military.) What's the worst case scenario when the money is defending Ukraine instead of science? Science funding won't as help much if there's an unchecked bully marching across Europe.
- nomel 4y agoI think you’ve simplified things. Here’s the president, himself, explaining what’s going on: https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-resurfaced-clip-russia-baltic-states-1997-video-1685864 https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-resurfaced-clip-russia-ba...
- paulryanrogers 4y agoPerhaps you can ELI5 because I was under the impression Ukraine was a sovereign nation. Free to pursue any alliances it wishes. And that its 1991 borders were acknowledged in exchange for yielding nuclear weapons to Russia.
- int_19h 4y agoSpeaking as a Russian who grew up in the 90s, NATO was never a real threat to post-Soviet Russia. Our "national patriot" political faction made it into a threat in its propaganda because they needed an existential enemy to build their ideology up on.