Consider the computer industry. We see such progress in the computer industry that a computer is out-of-date within a couple of years; there's always something new being discovered, something better being developed. Why? Because the computer industry is a free-market system. Efficiency and vision bring profits. Companies are motivated to learn and experiment and develop because they have that incentive. Imagine if the computer industry was run by the government, that has no real incentive to be efficient and productive, as their money keeps rolling in, anyway. Computers might be developed for government and militaristic purposes, but that's all.
This post has been edited by Spoon Poetic: 13 February 2006 - 07:42 PM