> “Look,” he says, “they’re devoting three billion dollars a year to curiosity that might yield good results in the long run, and eighty billion a year to the Defense budget — to killing. I’d be for a bigger space budget as long as the money came from the Defense budget. That’s the one to cut.
Wish we had more people talking this way these days. Instead, they’re militarizing space.
We do have more people talking this way. The other people aren't listening.
Society might benefit from peaceful pursuits in the long run (and individuals will in the present), but people with piles of money will make bigger piles of money from war in the short run.
> “Look,” he says, “they’re devoting three billion dollars a year to curiosity that might yield good results in the long run, and eighty billion a year to the Defense budget — to killing. I’d be for a bigger space budget as long as the money came from the Defense budget. That’s the one to cut.
Wish we had more people talking this way these days. Instead, they’re militarizing space.