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War. The first application of new technology is always war. In the year x780 and today.
by mindslight 1y ago
War. The first application of new technology is always war. In the year x780 and today.
- GeoAtreides 1y agoNo, the first application of steam engines was pumping water from deep coal mines
- mindslight 1y agoAnd kragen's comment wasn't even about the first application. Forgive me for being cynical while an American city is being attacked by the American military to the sound of cheers, seemingly because people have just had it too good. We just don't fucking learn.
- inglor_cz 1y agoThat is too simplistic. Plenty of new technology saw civilian use first, such as photography, X-ray, telephone, moveable type, smartphones or smallpox inoculation. Even FPV drones were mostly an over-the-counter toy for nerds until 2022. Now civilian use only, that would be different, few technologies are civilian-only, with no possible military use. But war as the first use is not as frequent case as you assert.