As a kid, being indoctrinated early on by fairy tales with knights, then watching action films later on, I kind of understand, since you only know about the romanticised side.
As an adult, by the time you’re supposed to understand the endless pain, suffering, atrocities, needless death of millions (even one single person), the barbarity of trying to resolve conflicts with violence, the immense sadness and sacrifice that comes with war… putting it lightly, I don’t get war lovers.
But fuck me, I fucking LOVE to learn about the technological advancements, smart solutions, brilliant engineering (hey, even strategies) that came with those, from the first stone tools to holographic sights and radar camouflaging. On one hand, it’s rather sad that we could only develop technologies due to threatening violence or trying to crush others. On the other hand, without wars, we would probably still be amputating limbs due to infections we can either prevent or treat now (thanks to field medicine development), and a civilisation that doesn’t develop its own weapons (since why would they, they are peaceful) won’t have fun when running into one that isn’t as friendly.
(And for that reason, YT already thinks I’m a WW2 nerd)
Mm, I’d dispute that we developed technology only as a result of war. Humans are naturally curious. We would develop technology no matter what
But it is true that the trajectory would be different, and there’s be differences in investment levels as well, but that’s more of a symptom of what our societies value
Not because, but it does help things progress faster. In many cases several different firms or even individual inventors worked on the same problem and came up with several different solutions. They were able to do this because of governmental contracts asking for that solution and tended to get materials, ammunition etc.
Not only firearms or related stuff either. The groups who worked on things like breaking the enigma or the Manhattan project were large with many small but important breakthroughs from many different people.
The thing they all have in common is that they worked under immense pressure due to the war effort.
As a kid, being indoctrinated early on by fairy tales with knights, then watching action films later on, I kind of understand, since you only know about the romanticised side.
As an adult, by the time you’re supposed to understand the endless pain, suffering, atrocities, needless death of millions (even one single person), the barbarity of trying to resolve conflicts with violence, the immense sadness and sacrifice that comes with war… putting it lightly, I don’t get war lovers.
But fuck me, I fucking LOVE to learn about the technological advancements, smart solutions, brilliant engineering (hey, even strategies) that came with those, from the first stone tools to holographic sights and radar camouflaging. On one hand, it’s rather sad that we could only develop technologies due to threatening violence or trying to crush others. On the other hand, without wars, we would probably still be amputating limbs due to infections we can either prevent or treat now (thanks to field medicine development), and a civilisation that doesn’t develop its own weapons (since why would they, they are peaceful) won’t have fun when running into one that isn’t as friendly.
(And for that reason, YT already thinks I’m a WW2 nerd)
Mm, I’d dispute that we developed technology only as a result of war. Humans are naturally curious. We would develop technology no matter what
But it is true that the trajectory would be different, and there’s be differences in investment levels as well, but that’s more of a symptom of what our societies value
Not because, but it does help things progress faster. In many cases several different firms or even individual inventors worked on the same problem and came up with several different solutions. They were able to do this because of governmental contracts asking for that solution and tended to get materials, ammunition etc.
Not only firearms or related stuff either. The groups who worked on things like breaking the enigma or the Manhattan project were large with many small but important breakthroughs from many different people.
The thing they all have in common is that they worked under immense pressure due to the war effort.