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mkay... and Darpa and ARPAnet came from what again? ah, right goverment. So, did the first computers (used in WW!!), etc. Nuclear power. Etc. A good Go
by ardit33 19y ago
mkay... and Darpa and ARPAnet came from what again? ah, right goverment.
So, did the first computers (used in WW!!), etc. Nuclear power. Etc.
A good Goverment can do a good job and seeding and incubating technologies that might be intersting in the future (for the humankind), but they are not profitable or interesting to Companies, as they don't have a clear Roi.
Same with shutles and space. Goverement started space exploration, few decades from now, private companies will build on the knowledge amased thru all these years and create a space toursism industry (and make profits, and create thousands of jobs).
- ardit33 19y agoWhy am I being downmoded? A good Goverment brings prosperity and new technologies into market. Look at Japan and Korea. They have fricking 100mbs connections at homes for only $19/mo, and we are stuck with "private" enterprise, eg. ATT and Comcast paying $55+ a month for 6mbs. Saying the goverment should not do anything about technology, because it can mess things up is not a real solution. Maybe the solution is to stop electing shitty officials and presidents that want to replace science with creationism in clasrooms. Look at Singapore. A tiny country, and it is become a hot center for BioTech and Stem cell research, while the US is actually behind.
- aswanson 19y agoYeah, I'm as free market as anybody and have been witness to the despicable waste of tax money in the defense industry. Face it, the beast is going to eat it's share. Better to go to research than Halliburton.