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January 30, 2007
Edison On War
Long before Thomas Edison
and World War One, war was a primary cause for technology innovation.
I think it is likely that Edison was in the precarious position of being patriotic and wanting to serve his country, while at the same time abhorring war and violence. Edison seemed to believe that superior technology would do more to prevent wars than to end them. During World War I, this concept may have had merit. But if he had been alive during World War II or subsequent wars, he would have witnessed the creation of military labs whose sole purpose was to use technology to create weapons of mass destruction. Thomas Edison was famous for inventing and developing technologies that improved our lives. What would he think of our military use of technology today?
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Posted on January 30, 2007 06:49 PM by world 817.
Filed in War Stories under world war one.
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