Our military cannot protect us with sticks and stones. Technological abstinence is not realistic or ethical. The vast majority of Americans (and tech workers!) are supportive of collaboration between the military and innovative companies, the opposition is a vocal minority.https://twitter.com/mbrendan1/status/1100071742297403394 …
The reason there is an opposition that is a vocal minority is our military budget and how it is used is a well obscured system. If the average person knew what we really spend on over-weaponizing the military versus things like healthcare or infrastructure, it would be a majority
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That’s not the contention voiced in the employee letter.
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I'm not saying it is. I was speaking to the wider point Palmer pointed out. I don't disagree with the need to involve tech companies in a future where battles are fought from a security and A.I. footing. My issue is blind military support has become a social norm in the US.
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You seem to be arguing a different point. If the average person understood the finer details of military spending, they would still support collaboration with tech companies. If anything, support would be even greater.
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And your answer proves my point. The average person can't understand the finer or even larger points of military spending. Now some of that is for obvious security reasons. That said better insight would solve the "Real Genius" dilemma of how tech workers efforts are used.
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