Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter...
by xwdv on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @04:02PM
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Because it’s not worth it. People built all the low hanging fruit of cool shit already. A plane would have been “cool shit” 100 years ago, today it’s just a glorified bus.
What else is there to build? Spaceships? For what? We’ve seen Mars and the Moon. More military crap? USA already won now it’s just showing off. AI stuff? Turns out people think it’s creepy and they like to keep their jobs anyway because it makes them money. Mega structures and arcologies? NIMBY!
We’re in the long tail of cool shit now. Each generation gets harder and harder to impress.
What else is there to build? Spaceships? For what? We’ve seen Mars and the Moon. More military crap? USA already won now it’s just showing off. AI stuff? Turns out people think it’s creepy and they like to keep their jobs anyway because it makes them money. Mega structures and arcologies? NIMBY!
We’re in the long tail of cool shit now. Each generation gets harder and harder to impress.