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		waciki on June 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Parable of the Sofa > 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.

throwawayFinX on June 2, 2024 [–]

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.

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