Since we put a man on the moon in 1969, what have we achieved?

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Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

TOTAL NONSENSE! First, Reagan didn't do anything - the USSR dissolved! And second, since WWII we have been involved in so many more horrible and deadly wars (Korea, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq) that WWII looks quaint in comparison.

Are you nuts? WWII look quaint? Failed history did you?

13 million dead in the Holocaust alone. Deaths to civilians from the waging of war, famine and disease attributed directly to the war...including holocaust victims, 50 million plus...and deaths to those who were a part of the war effort between 20 and 25 million. Total dead from all causes between 70 and 85 million. NOTHING that has happened so far exceeds the level of brutality and volume of human suffering during WWII. Beyond the loss of military lives, which is far less than WWII, in those other wars you will have a lot of civilians but the totals in any one of those wars, and the total of all of them, do not exceed WWII. And by no rational and factual measure can one declare they did.

Look up the Khmer rouge, the slaughter of the Kurds when we left Iraq the first time, and the total lose of life of American service men tells half of the story since medical advances have allowed many gravely injured and burned soldiers to survive battlefield injuries - but not live happy or productive lives. Look it up, PP. My father was a medic in WWII and went on to become a doctor - I know the valor of the service people in WWII but that does not change either the facts or the horrors of the subsequent wars.

Honestly...I don't to look those up...fairly familiar with those and others...there are more to add to the list...how about Bosnia?. Mao in China. Stalin in Russia. Those murdered in Korea by the communist and also those in South Korea. Viet Nam. Uganda. The list is long.

But, your statement doesn't change the fact that no war or atrocity...as bad as they are in their own right...compares to what happened in WWII and that is what I responded to...your stating that WWII looks quaint in comparison to the more recent events. Fact is that in six years an average of 12 million plus died annually...find me another conflict or time that has that level of death since 1940. And that doesn't even include those who were maimed or injured. The estimate of which is close to the same as the death total.

BTW...I had a family member, wounded three times in WWII and once in Korea, didn't die until the late 60's directly related to one of the wounds suffered after D-Day. So who knows how many more. Tell ya what's really sad about the American's killed in WWII...in all wars actually...the average age. That one video stated in WWII it was 23.

Bottom line is...when you consider the scope...nothing has made WWII look quaint.

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Digital music. My kids don't even know what a CD is much less a vinyl album! The internet has changed the world far more than putting a man on the moon.

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When man landed on the moon our limits soared above anything we could have believed possible. The world didn't stand still but people all over the world stopped and watched in awe. Didn't matter the time of day...they stayed up to see it happen.

Now days...you would set the dvr...sadly...not the same impact.

The 60's...has there been another decade to rival it? I can't recall one.

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Although Reagan didn't go out and fight on a horse or something he did contribute a lot to the downfall of the soviet union. Either way he should be credited.

Interesting word, credited.

You, your children, your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren will still be saddled with the debt that Reagan left them while he tried to outspend the Soviets into oblivion.

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Although Reagan didn't go out and fight on a horse or something he did contribute a lot to the downfall of the soviet union. Either way he should be credited.

Interesting word, credited.

You, your children, your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren will still be saddled with the debt that Reagan left them while he tried to outspend the Soviets into oblivion.

Ha.
You wanna talk about debt???
Let’s discuss Obama’s contribution to the national debt.........

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

TOTAL NONSENSE! First, Reagan didn't do anything - the USSR dissolved! And second, since WWII we have been involved in so many more horrible and deadly wars (Korea, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq) that WWII looks quaint in comparison.

Np. First, While I disagree that Reagan "won" the Cold War, he clearly did something. See, e.g., his policies. Second, given the number of casualties and nuclear bomb, WW II does not look quaint. So try again, bro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Although Reagan didn't go out and fight on a horse or something he did contribute a lot to the downfall of the soviet union. Either way he should be credited.

Interesting word, credited.

You, your children, your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren will still be saddled with the debt that Reagan left them while he tried to outspend the Soviets into oblivion.

No, not really.

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I can't wait to see what the future holds for us. We've had so many amazing achievements in the last 10 years alone. Hell, the iWatch blows away the first iPhone!

The next big change that will affect everyday lives is self-driving cars. Once we're there (15-20 years for full implementation), it will change how we think about driving and getting from point A to point B. We may even no longer own cars -- there will be an Uber-like service and you just pay to have a car drive to you, and then it drives you to your destination.

Then think of the changes for the car industry. BMW may need to change their "ultimate driving machine" motto if humans no longer drive them. Features in cars will be about comfort, not for driving.

Our eldest DD is 2 and I may never get to teach her to drive when she's 16 -- there may be no need to!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

TOTAL NONSENSE! First, Reagan didn't do anything - the USSR dissolved! And second, since WWII we have been involved in so many more horrible and deadly wars (Korea, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq) that WWII looks quaint in comparison.

Np. First, While I disagree that Reagan "won" the Cold War, he clearly did something. See, e.g., his policies. Second, given the number of casualties and nuclear bomb, WW II does not look quaint. So try again, bro.

What policies actually ended the cold war? From what I see, Gorbachev had to wait until Reagan was gone to do anything.

[Anonymous]

Birth control pills, IVF

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reagan won the Cold War. Probably the biggest contribution to humanity since the end of WWII.

TOTAL NONSENSE! First, Reagan didn't do anything - the USSR dissolved! And second, since WWII we have been involved in so many more horrible and deadly wars (Korea, Viet Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq) that WWII looks quaint in comparison.

Np. First, While I disagree that Reagan "won" the Cold War, he clearly did something. See, e.g., his policies. Second, given the number of casualties and nuclear bomb, WW II does not look quaint. So try again, bro.

What policies actually ended the cold war? From what I see, Gorbachev had to wait until Reagan was gone to do anything.

If Reagan had stayed a Democrat most of you denying he had anything to do with what happened, and how it advanced what happened, with Soviets would be touting his contribution.

Timing is everything in life...along with some things he did...the time was right. Communism was never going to be able to produce enough to keep the Soviet Union and all those welfare satellite nations the USSR was trying to hold onto.

See...the answer is in the middle. Those of you saying he did NOTHING...that's nonsense...those of you saying he WAS the reason...that's nonsense too.

Partisanship, lack of knowledge...both foster ignorance.

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Report Suggests Nearly Half of U.S. Jobs Are Vulnerable to Computerization
Oxford researchers say that 45 percent of America’s occupations will be automated within the next 20 years.

Rapid advances in technology have long represented a serious potential threat to many jobs ordinarily performed by people.

A recent report (which is not online, but summarized here) from the Oxford Martin School’s Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology attempts to quantify the extent of that threat. It concludes that 45 percent of American jobs are at high risk of being taken by computers within the next two decades.

The authors believe this takeover will happen in two stages. First, computers will start replacing people in especially vulnerable fields like transportation/logistics, production labor, and administrative support. Jobs in services, sales, and construction may also be lost in this first stage. Then, the rate of replacement will slow down due to bottlenecks in harder-to-automate fields such engineering. This “technological plateau” will be followed by a second wave of computerization, dependent upon the development of good artificial intelligence. This could next put jobs in management, science and engineering, and the arts at risk.

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/519241/report-suggests-nearly-half-of-us-jobs-are-vulnerable-to-computerization/

this is what we will achieve...massive unemployment.

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Hey kid, did you write your essay yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure if this should be a political topic or off topic forum posting.

Any idea of what great accomplishments the U.S. has achieved since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969? We don't have a space program anymore. Are we mostly about health care and education?

The internet!

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Anonymous wrote:I am not sure if this should be a political topic or off topic forum posting.

Any idea of what great accomplishments the U.S. has achieved since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969? We don't have a space program anymore. Are we mostly about health care and education?

Are you restricting the accomplishments/achievements to just government sponsored ones? Or are you including U.S. private sector achievements and inventions?