Comment on Military use of consumer technologyComments−gaius16yAll technology is military technology. That's the first thing they teach you.−TriinT16y"All technology is military technology."In what sense? Would you care to elaborate on that?−HeyLaughingBoy16yIt means use whatever technology you need in order to get the job done.−potatolicious16yI took it to mean that most technologies seem to be applied to military use first, before they find civilian use.Radar? First a weapon, then civilian.Nuclear power? First a weapon, then adapted for peaceful purposes.The list goes on: radio, flying, submarines, even the internet was developed with military funding.−wlievens16yLet's add cryptography to that list.−gaius16yAll technologies, regardless of their origin, have a potential military application.
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All technology is military technology. That's the first thing they teach you.
"All technology is military technology."
In what sense? Would you care to elaborate on that?
It means use whatever technology you need in order to get the job done.
I took it to mean that most technologies seem to be applied to military use first, before they find civilian use.
Radar? First a weapon, then civilian.
Nuclear power? First a weapon, then adapted for peaceful purposes.
The list goes on: radio, flying, submarines, even the internet was developed with military funding.
Let's add cryptography to that list.
All technologies, regardless of their origin, have a potential military application.