War, Innovation and Domination

War by the definition of Merriam-Webster dictionary is "state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations." It is funny that our culture can tolerate on things such as 'War'. The act of war or agression by certain party towards a sovereign nation is something that have been in our history dated far back to ancient history. The only thing different is the evolving weaponry that is use in war from just plain of rocks to more efficient weapon that can kill hundreds of human instantly. But the same underlying principle of war is still the same and that is to kill many people as efficient as possible.

Interestingly enough also, if you look at history, some of the greatest innovation ever created by human is because of their desire and effort to win the war. Technology such as rocket propulsion and Internet was first created for military purposes. Many inventions that you found today are the result of war. It is not the war that actually caused this great invention but more of the competitive nature of that war. It forces people to think and create technology that gave competitive advantage to either sides in winning the war. Upholding the sovereignity of a country and the greed of power have strangely give catalyst to the development of technology. But with that catalyst, many innocent people have been sacrificed. So, is it worth it?

Below are a video tape of Tun Dr Mahathir on the criminalisation of war that I found on youtube.