Science

Several lessons have stuck with me.

1. People always say "Well, if we don't do it, "They" will."

2. The beneficial uses of technology and the harmful ones are CHOICES.

3. People choose poorly.

4. Technology is mostly directed by sociopaths.

5. I always wanted to use tech to make life better, but

6. All the great ideas I had ended up trying to undo what those sociopaths (4) did to us with their greed and perversion.

7. There was discussion about using the bomb on military or empty targets. Civilian targets were chosen, though arguably incendiary bombs used on ticky-tacky Japanese homes killed more people.

I know a guy who was an infant at the Hiroshima bombing. He is still alive and a living Buddha among men.

8. Eleanor Roosevelt was opposed to the internment of Japanese-Americans. Hubby chose poorly.

I just heard a local radio show honoring veterans, in which a man interned as a child later fought for the U.S. Army and described the horrors of the war. (recorded earlier)

9. War is hell. It's not fun and games.

10. Shitler must go before he destroys everything.