Comment Re:Nice to see fact moving faster than fiction (Score 2, Interesting) 266
You're absolutely right. Collective will of corporations, governments and people (land, labour, capital and enterprise for those economically inclined) towards a single goal in the past has resulted in amazing things being achieved. Alas it's just too uncommon for all three groups to be interested in the same things at the same time, because they have different priorities and perceived needs.
What I'm hoping for now is that with the shrinking of the world there is a huge opportunity for corporations, governments and people to work together regardless of their geographic location quite unlike any other period in our collective history.
Optimistically, together we can achieve so much. Realistically, I think we're still more interested in spending our land, labour, capital and enterprise resources on killing each other over differences such as religion, resource allocation and political ideology.
As a terribly politically incorrect end note though, the jet turbine engine was created as a direct result of war. Who knows, a new cold war may have people racing to other planets, comets or solar systems instead of our moon. It's interesting to think about: how much of our progress is just making sure someone else doesn't do it first?
