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>"Basically, as far as technology is concerned, for every calendar year that transpires, military technology increases about 44.5 years." Phil Schneider, 1995
the SR-71 blackbird was built in 1956. that's 64 yrs ago. consider the state of the art in technology 64 yrs before the SR-71, which would be 1892. the internal combustion automobile had just been invented a few years earlier, and there were less than 100 in existence worldwide. powered flight was still a dream. electrical power generation was in its infancy and the edison/tesla current wars were in high gear. there existed only a handful of power distribution grids in the largest cities. the most affluent homes were lit with natural gas lights. the other 99% of homes had only kerosene lanterns or candles for light. telephones had been invented, but little more than a curiosity because hardly any existed, and there were extremely limited networks connecting them. wireless radio was a laboratory gadget. photography was done with glass plate negatives, and flashpowder lighting. the technological wonders of the age availibel to even a small fraction of the masses were the coal/wood fired locomotives and the transcontinental railroad; the steam-powered rotary printing press capable of producing 90,000 four-page newspapers per hr; and the steam-powered propeller driven iron hulled ocean going ships. the most advanced countries were predominantly agrarian economies powered by beasts of burden.
fast forward 64 yrs. the SR-71 blackbird. it's max speed, max altitude, and flight dynamics are STILL classified top secret 64 yrs later in 2020. i think anyone who was a child in 1892 and who lived to see the world of the blackbird would say the progress was mind-boggling. now consider how technology advances. new technology gives rise to new production techniques and new materials, which in turn fuel the development of more new technologies. tech builds on tech. tech builds from tech. ergo, the growth of technology ought to be exponential. so what exactly have we seen the the 64 years since the first blackbird? well, my frens, that would be pretty much a big fat zilch. kitchens and household appliances are fundamentally the same today as they were in 1956. planes, trains, and automobiles have not changed, nor have they been supplanted with radical new technologies. a person from today would be able to function quite well if transported back to 1956, and would be familiar with the day to day technology. while the same could not be said for a person from 1956 transported back to 1892. such a time traveler would be totally lost without the ubiquitous electricity, transportation, and communications upon which they had become totally dependent. about the only significant change from 1956 to the present would be personal computers and mobile telecommunications. THAT'S IT. big freaking whoop.
even by conservative extrapolation, we OUGHT to be traveling to the stars with gravity propulsion systems. our daily lives should resemble those of the characters in our favorite sci-fi programs. so where is the tech we should be seeing? again critical reasoning leads inexorably to a singular conclusion. it has been suppressed. the reasons for its suppression are not too difficult to imagine if one merely applies themself to the question. i'll not belabor the point by delving into the minutiae of interdependent factors. ultimately it boils down to greed, and a lust for control. obviously not everyone can be a tesla or a feynman, but every individual could be inspired and motivated to become better than they are, and given the tools to actualize their unique individual creativity. but instead, the educational system has been designed, from bottom to top, the crush natural curiosity and wonder, to stifle questioning, to inhibit critical thinking, and avoid problem-solving. the clear goal of institutionalized education is to manufacture cookie-cutter versions of humans, devoid of original thought, and utterly dependent on society and the government to provide for their basic subsistence. automatons, just barely functional enough to service the machines that power the engines of industrialized food production, construction, manufacturing, transportation, and communication.
it does NOT require a herculean feat of imagination to see where this is headed, if we don't apply some brakes, and SOON. it's almost too late now. God help us if we fail to wake from the manufactured delusion and smell what "they" have been shoveling down our collective throats.