I just finished writing a short essay today about, basically, how so many civilian-use technologies end up getting used for war in ways not expected at invention. Bell-casting. Compasses. Coal-tar dye and the resulting chemical industry. Photography. Steam engines and train travel.
If it’s good for anything, it’s good for getting advantage of some kind over other humans possibly by doing things they straight-up can’t, and if it’s good for gaining advantage over other humans, that advantage can always be somehow parlayed into their subjugation and death.
I just finished writing a short essay today about, basically, how so many civilian-use technologies end up getting used for war in ways not expected at invention. Bell-casting. Compasses. Coal-tar dye and the resulting chemical industry. Photography. Steam engines and train travel.
If it’s good for anything, it’s good for getting advantage of some kind over other humans possibly by doing things they straight-up can’t, and if it’s good for gaining advantage over other humans, that advantage can always be somehow parlayed into their subjugation and death.