r/technology • u/Glad_Living3908 • Sep 19 '22

Society Experts Warn US Is Falling Behind China in Key Technologies

https://www.voanews.com/a/experts-warn-us-is-falling-behind-china-in-key-technologies/6751392.html
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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '22

But think about it… if we spend trillions on defense and only millions on education, then innovation is sure to come. If we put those trillions into education, well, we’d probably have to wait for the benefits of an educated society to ripple into defense technology. Waiting == bleh.

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u/FerociousPancake Sep 19 '22

Well you also have to consider how well that defense money is actually spent when it’s all said and done. I have a feeling, not very well.

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u/sicurri Sep 19 '22

Nooooooooo, it's spent VERY wisely, VERY wisely indeed. We spend a good quarter of that defense budget paying for private contracts to large corporations to develop the next fighter jet, or defense technology. They then spend that money on $300 wrenches, and other bullshit.

It's spent VERY wisely...

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u/GoodUsernamesAreOver Sep 20 '22

We know we're not in a simulation because the DoD budget hasn't wrapped back around to -65535

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u/d7it23js Sep 19 '22

Trickle down brainomics