Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months 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-square22fedilinkarrow-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@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squaredarthsid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down9·10 months agoYeah maybe if the wars in the world subside.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·10 months 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-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoBroken window fallacy. The same funds used to pay for wars and wartime rnd could just be spent directly on rnd.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoCould be, but usually aren’t.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoThat is fair, I mainly wanted to counter the claim that wars won’t advance tech
Yeah maybe if the wars in the world subside.
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