Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 year agoThe CEO of Hyundai’s electric air-taxi subsidiary thinks we’ll be flying in them by 2028—but admits batteries aren’t there yetfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down15
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkThe CEO of Hyundai’s electric air-taxi subsidiary thinks we’ll be flying in them by 2028—but admits batteries aren’t there yetfortune.comLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 year agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-square@stoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish-2•1 year agoIf anything, wars are an amazing source of technological advancement. This is not to say that I want war, but to acknowledge the fact that it absolutely fuel innovation
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilink4•1 year agoBroken window fallacy. The same funds used to pay for wars and wartime rnd could just be spent directly on rnd.
minus-square@stoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThat is fair, I mainly wanted to counter the claim that wars won’t advance tech
If anything, wars are an amazing source of technological advancement.
This is not to say that I want war, but to acknowledge the fact that it absolutely fuel innovation
Broken window fallacy.
The same funds used to pay for wars and wartime rnd could just be spent directly on rnd.
Could be, but usually aren’t.
That is fair, I mainly wanted to counter the claim that wars won’t advance tech