1st principle of the Technetronic Society: "Something ought to be done because it is technically possible to do it." E.g: If it is possible to build nuclear weapons, they must be built even if they might destroy us all. 2nd principle: "Maximal efficiency & output over all else"
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Replying to @samim
You probably know that this was not why nuclear weapons were built? While they carry an unacceptable risk of accidental total obliteration, they were meant to prevent conventional war between super powers, which was successful so far.
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Not sure. Nuclear power was conceived due to the anticipated exhaustion of fossil fuels, on which industrial civilization has been built. (I agree it was a mistake, but geopolitics and path effects prevented desertec style alternatives.)
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Replying to @Plinz @ellebarka
I got very sceptical about such supposed drives behind the development of operational nuclear tech, after reading extensively about Edward Teller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Teller … and others like him. Mental Illness, perhaps. But certainly not foresight of the post-fossil fuel age.
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Replying to @samim @ellebarka
Especially Teller was extremely concerned about global warming due to fossil fuel emissions, as early as the 1950ies!
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Replying to @Plinz @ellebarka
I believe that, sure - but was it his main driver? Hitler was a vegetarian, who lectured on animal cruelty ;)
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Teller used global warming as an argument for making he transition to nuclear power. He later changed his view (and thought that global warming was not all that dire) and said so in public, so I think it may have been a serious motivation for him.
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