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> Huh? The last 25 years completely turned the conduct of war on its head. When people say "war is the mother of all invention" they don't just mean military i
by michaelt 2y ago
> Huh? The last 25 years completely turned the conduct of war on its head.
When people say "war is the mother of all invention" they don't just mean military invention, they mean all invention.
WW2 coincided with major advances in control theory, cryptography, penicillin, plastics, synthetic fuels, computing, rocketry, radionavigation, jet engines and so on - advances with major non-military relevance to this day.
In comparison, what's the equivalent technology to come out of Iraq? The 2005 Darpa Grand Challenge that might lead to self-driving cars any decade now, and that never saw any use in Iraq? Drone tech that's 95% developed in China, who weren't even involved in the war?