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It isn't just Trump... I think in general people think more advanced tech is necessarily more complex. Don't know about catapults, but in general this is not true. EVs are simpler than IC-engine cars. Semiconductor electronics is simpler than vacuum tube electronics.
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The "digital" aside (what does he think that means?) I don't get why he feels like he needs an opinion here. It's a technical question, it doesn't trigger the libs... does he think the steam comes from burning coal or something?
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I hear this argument often. My counterargument is that we've turned physical complexity into digital complexity. How much code goes into making sure lithium batteries don't explode when you charge them? That electric motors don't overtorque and destroy themselves?
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I suspect not much actually. What makes the code more complex is that the flexibility allows you to monkey with it, adding more features. Which is fine. After all, steam engines had mechanical governors that could break. Boilers explosions were way more dangerous than battery.