[baxter001]

That opening paragraph is hellishly depressing.

[dchichkov]

In that particular case tax money were used on peer-reviewed research. Rather than emitting carbon driving a tank or flying yet another airplane. Not that bad.

[jacquesm]

Once upon a time the people attracting funding for what became the internet were using language just like that. Almost all tech has good and bad applications.

[thereare5lights]

A lot of consumer technology came out of research towards military application.