zerostao

I will provide an example that shows the problem does go on in purely technical physical sciences too, and has a long history . Back in the 1960s, during Cold War era, when it seemed there was nothing that good ol American engineering couldn't accomplish; especially with aircraft, Lockheed and Boeing announced they would produce supersonic passenger jets. For them, the sky was not a limit. However, the Concorde and a 😱 Russian TU144 achieved supersonic passenger aircraft before America. And into the 70s, Boeing still hadn't come up with one, science stepped in, warning about "potential" ozone damage. So, corruption and greed, has been around in human nature a long long time, and likely will remain until the end of days

Oh, I forgot this is a poetry thread. The truth is bent for gold, What pure inquiry knew. A noble purpose bought and sold, For what the balance sheet will hold The measured, merchant's due

Initiative

The Genies are out of the bottles and perhaps, rampant