News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Parable of the Sofa. Parent comment

Re:Parable of the Sofa by waciki on Sunday June 02, 2024 @06:10AM (#40552894)
> this is why humanity seems to have made major leaps in science and technology during and after military conflicts

Did it? I can't really find numbers on that.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Parable of the Sofa by throwawayFinX on Sunday June 02, 2024 @08:15AM (#40553499)
I think it’s broadly accepted that WW2 forced or accelerated inventions such as: jet planes, radios, synthetic rubber, radar, the Jeep, duct tape, nukes.

The cold war -> the space race.

Drone tech/military AI in Ukraine is perhaps a more recent example.

[ Parent | on HN ]