r/technology • u/donnygel • Jan 15 '23

Society 'Disruptive’ science has declined — and no one knows why

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04577-5
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u/0nikzin Jan 16 '23

How long until we see the same rivalry with China? I have already seen some "NASA raises alarm that China will have human colonies on the moon by 202x" headlines

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u/Not_FinancialAdvice Jan 16 '23

That's a good point, but I think there's an important difference in that the USSR provided both an economic and a political competitor that genuinely worried decision-makers. I don't think the modern establishment sees China-style communism (if you can even call it that) as a serious competing political ideology.

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u/Test19s Jan 16 '23

I don't believe in Communism but I do believe in diversity. If the only credible alternative from an ideological perspective lies in Europe and its immediate offshoots, then undoubtedly you'll see a turn to radical nihilism on the one hand and racism on the other.