this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2023
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One day the Pentagon will just drop warp drives and energy 2 out of nowhere and the world will be like "what?"

[–] Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Drop" is the wrong word. It's going to be more like "hoard for 50 years until they discover energy 3 and mega-warp, then sell the concept rights for energy 2 and warp to a corp"

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who will then sell it back to us. As the free market intended.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

No. They will only rent it to you.