Ever since it was pointed out to me that every new tech solution from the bigger companies can draw a direct line to “how will it benefit the military”, I’ve been far, far less interested in pretty much all of it.
Even with something like smart glasses you can see how users can be used as beta testers to get the product shrunk down to something a country’s military can use to wield power. Pretty much everything Elon Musk has a hand in falls into that category. The Cybertruck looks and is fucking stupid, but it’s useful to Tesla as a development platform for a replacement for the Hummer. They don’t give a shit what regular folks think about it as long as they can build on it to sell $bns worth to the US military. Starlink and SpaceX are the same.
About the only company that doesn’t seem to be actively walking that path is fucking Apple. They seem to be content stealing making a shitload of cash from RAM and storage upgrades to devices that people are only buying because their six year old, £2000 MacBook is now considered obsolete. And coercing everyone to lock into their platform across all of their devices.
The first version was, but you can bet your arse that Elon got chatting to some high ups in the Department of Defence when he was given access to the White House, and you can bet that the research they’ve done into making an all terrain vehicle (of sorts) is groundwork for a mk2 that could feasibly be put to use in a war zone.
I’m not saying it’s a guarantee, but you and I both know that it’s the logical end goal for pretty much all of the big tech companies right now. Get in on a lucrative military contract that’s going to rake in the cash for a decade to come. And that cash will be far more than just selling to broke civvies.
Ever since it was pointed out to me that every new tech solution from the bigger companies can draw a direct line to “how will it benefit the military”, I’ve been far, far less interested in pretty much all of it.
Even with something like smart glasses you can see how users can be used as beta testers to get the product shrunk down to something a country’s military can use to wield power. Pretty much everything Elon Musk has a hand in falls into that category. The Cybertruck looks and is fucking stupid, but it’s useful to Tesla as a development platform for a replacement for the Hummer. They don’t give a shit what regular folks think about it as long as they can build on it to sell $bns worth to the US military. Starlink and SpaceX are the same.
About the only company that doesn’t seem to be actively walking that path is fucking Apple. They seem to be content
stealingmaking a shitload of cash from RAM and storage upgrades to devices that people are only buying because their six year old, £2000 MacBook is now considered obsolete. And coercing everyone to lock into their platform across all of their devices.Then why was it built like complete shit? Like there is not a single thing about the CT to be modified for miltary abuse.
The tesla semi has vastly more chance of being modifed for miltary use.
The first version was, but you can bet your arse that Elon got chatting to some high ups in the Department of Defence when he was given access to the White House, and you can bet that the research they’ve done into making an all terrain vehicle (of sorts) is groundwork for a mk2 that could feasibly be put to use in a war zone.
I’m not saying it’s a guarantee, but you and I both know that it’s the logical end goal for pretty much all of the big tech companies right now. Get in on a lucrative military contract that’s going to rake in the cash for a decade to come. And that cash will be far more than just selling to broke civvies.
I mean. The miltary has been known for funding crockpot ideas. Rather or not it actually ever gets into real production.
Also, you know Elon already has miltary contracts right? With SpaceX?