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I could see some cool military applications for this too.
Now you can see your friends dying in the next room, instead of just hearing it!
Or if it’s only a map, now you can see how surrounded your unit is!
This is valuable tactical data, surely it won’t cause any morale issues.
It’s true. All new inventions have a morality issue to them. And those moralities need to be weighed heavily before implementing them.
But it can also be used to guide a secluded operative back to his troop. It can be used to detect road mines that otherwise would have exploded.
New technology is just a tool. It’s the people choosing how to use it that makes it moral/immoral.
Zron@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Now you can see your friends dying in the next room, instead of just hearing it!
Or if it’s only a map, now you can see how surrounded your unit is!
This is valuable tactical data, surely it won’t cause any morale issues.
Kungolicious@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s true. All new inventions have a morality issue to them. And those moralities need to be weighed heavily before implementing them.
But it can also be used to guide a secluded operative back to his troop. It can be used to detect road mines that otherwise would have exploded.
New technology is just a tool. It’s the people choosing how to use it that makes it moral/immoral.