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0 pointsrglullis1y ago0 comments

Way to miss the point. Yes, it is known that the "NASA space pen" was not really funded by NASA, but but its development still took millions of dollars in R&D.

> Is there a single developed economy that doesn't make significant use of trucks and cars?

For the 127th time: car dependency is not the same as car usage.

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JumpCrisscross1y ago

> its development still took millions of dollars in R&D

$1mm at the time, $10mm today. They sold for the equivalent of $30 each in today's money and saved manned spaceflight from having to deal with graphite shards in the air and electrical.

> car dependency is not the same as car usage

"If the richest country in the world" got "rid of its car dependency," we'd still want safer cars.

rglullisOP1y ago

> we'd still want safer cars

With the technology controlled by a handful of corporations? At an development cost that will force them to create any and every opportunity to seek rent on your mobility?

JumpCrisscross1y ago

Yes, it would be better if the good thing were more perfect.

rglullisOP1y ago

Nice rhetorical trick. It's not a matter of "more perfect".

The bad outweighs the good, plain and simple, and only those who are extremely naive or stand to gain from it refuse to acknowledge it.

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kube-system1y ago

Isn't that already the status quo?

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JumpCrisscross1y ago

> its development still took millions of dollars in R&D

$1mm at the time, $10mm today. They sold for the equivalent of $30 each in today's money and saved manned spaceflight from having to deal with graphite shards in the air and electrical.

> car dependency is not the same as car usage

"If the richest country in the world" got "rid of its car dependency," we'd still want safer cars.

rglullisOP1y ago

> we'd still want safer cars

With the technology controlled by a handful of corporations? At an development cost that will force them to create any and every opportunity to seek rent on your mobility?

JumpCrisscross1y ago

Yes, it would be better if the good thing were more perfect.

rglullisOP1y ago

Nice rhetorical trick. It's not a matter of "more perfect".

The bad outweighs the good, plain and simple, and only those who are extremely naive or stand to gain from it refuse to acknowledge it.

1 more reply

kube-system1y ago

Isn't that already the status quo?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse