The danger is, of course, when cheap, highly replaceable robotics replace enough of the work of war, that the perceived cost of war itself becomes less and less.
A similar phenomenon has already occurred with the use of airplanes and missiles, and prior to that guns, and prior to that, cross-bows...
Why should our economy be locked into these few things like software development when diverting our resources into more needy areas would be a greater benefit?
The US economy is current diverting resources to needy areas such as government bureaucracy, the retail and service sectors, housing construction and the armed forces.
Thank goodness we're not locked into software development and manufacturing!
Official Unemployment rates may be dropping, but so is mean household income. Good paying middle class jobs are being replaced by jobs in the service and retail industries.
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The danger is, of course, when cheap, highly replaceable robotics replace enough of the work of war, that the perceived cost of war itself becomes less and less.
A similar phenomenon has already occurred with the use of airplanes and missiles, and prior to that guns, and prior to that, cross-bows...
The 8 cents per download included licensing fees to the labels. Bandwidth wasn't the real problem.
Just becareful about programming these into the holodeck. The last time that happened, the Enterprise was almost fried!
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Why should our economy be locked into these few things like software development when diverting our resources into more needy areas would be a greater benefit?
The US economy is current diverting resources to needy areas such as government bureaucracy, the retail and service sectors, housing construction and the armed forces. Thank goodness we're not locked into software development and manufacturing!
Official Unemployment rates may be dropping, but so is mean household income. Good paying middle class jobs are being replaced by jobs in the service and retail industries.