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Re:The new utopias: Should we retain the right to feel unhap... by arethuza on Friday May 27, 2016 @09:05AM (#11785704)
"I suspect much of our current technological age has its roots in the aftermath of the Manhattan project."

More like the aftermath of WW2 - radar, jet engines, guided missiles, ballistic missiles, computers, nuclear power...

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Re:The new utopias: Should we retain the right to feel unhap... by pjmorris on Friday May 27, 2016 @09:40AM (#11785922)
Granted all of those things... but the nuclear energy aspect raised the stakes to city and national survival, boosting the budget of anything used to deliver (* missiles, jet ) or monitor ( electronics) nuclear energy.
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Re:The new utopias: Should we retain the right to feel unhap... by arethuza on Friday May 27, 2016 @10:35AM (#11786292)
I guess we could agree that WW2 and the Cold War kept up the rate of war-based innovation started in WW1 (tanks, WMD...)
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