The New Normal’s religion of ‘techno-voodooism’ has bewitched the world

[PJL]

If Covid-19 has been a boon for anyone, that would be Big Business and Big Tech – overblowing fears, widening the wealth gap and facilitating global control through all-powerful technology the world now depends on. What happens when systems cross the threshold of peak complexity and can no longer be improved in their current forms? Decision-makers can commission competing models in order to pick a winner. This however calls for patience, prudence and sound oversight. Alternately, they can pounce on a fantastical blueprint that will supposedly gel via Artificial Intelligence and get to play monopoly at the same time. An all-in-one solution! Such thinking was precisely what beleaguered the F-35 combat aircraft program with its estimated $1.7 trillion in lifetime costs. After 20 years of troubled development, the stealth fighter’s problems have become so insurmountable that there is talk in the US Air Force of considering a clean slate fighter jet program to replace its ageing F-16s. Read more What about student loans, water or the homeless? Outrage follows report $1.7 trillion F-35 program is now considered a failure What about student loans, water or the homeless? Outrage follows report $1.7 trillion F-35 program is now considered a failure The F-35 illustrates the other barely-analysed pandemic infecting our world – that of ‘technological voodooism’ (coined by the author for want of a better term). Returns on investments these days are no longer measured by healthy profits generated by proven products. The devotees of techno-voodooism are essentially totalitarians who believe that not just markets, but the world itself, must be reorganized and monopolized by an enlightened few in a smart era called the Great Reset. The prime agency promoting this technopia is the World Economic Forum (WEF) which has promised a wonderful world where we will “own nothing” and yet “be happy.”.....https://www.rt.com/op-ed/517342-new-...hno-voodooism/

[Peter1469]

If Covid-19 has been a boon for anyone, that would be Big Business and Big Tech – overblowing fears, widening the wealth gap and facilitating global control through all-powerful technology the world now depends on. What happens when systems cross the threshold of peak complexity and can no longer be improved in their current forms? Decision-makers can commission competing models in order to pick a winner. This however calls for patience, prudence and sound oversight. Alternately, they can pounce on a fantastical blueprint that will supposedly gel via Artificial Intelligence and get to play monopoly at the same time. An all-in-one solution! Such thinking was precisely what beleaguered the F-35 combat aircraft program with its estimated $1.7 trillion in lifetime costs. After 20 years of troubled development, the stealth fighter’s problems have become so insurmountable that there is talk in the US Air Force of considering a clean slate fighter jet program to replace its ageing F-16s. Read more What about student loans, water or the homeless? Outrage follows report $1.7 trillion F-35 program is now considered a failure What about student loans, water or the homeless? Outrage follows report $1.7 trillion F-35 program is now considered a failure The F-35 illustrates the other barely-analysed pandemic infecting our world – that of ‘technological voodooism’ (coined by the author for want of a better term). Returns on investments these days are no longer measured by healthy profits generated by proven products. The devotees of techno-voodooism are essentially totalitarians who believe that not just markets, but the world itself, must be reorganized and monopolized by an enlightened few in a smart era called the Great Reset. The prime agency promoting this technopia is the World Economic Forum (WEF) which has promised a wonderful world where we will “own nothing” and yet “be happy.”.....https://www.rt.com/op-ed/517342-new-...hno-voodooism/

That is not what is happening with the F-35 program. The DoD doesn't want to rely on the F-35 as its primary areal weapons system. They want another aircraft for lighter intensity conflicts.

[PJL]

That is not what is happening with the F-35 program. The DoD doesn't want to rely on the F-35 as its primary areal weapons system. They want another aircraft for lighter intensity conflicts.

It's not about what the DoD wants ...it should be about what America needs , as a country , not as an armed force . You're living in the past. All the DoD is doing is creating more threats that other countries are preparing to defend against.........and it looks like they are capable of doing that now , if they were put in that position.