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Programmed to Fail - 6. Innovation

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The Technological Plateau

After a burst of military innovation in World War II, the pace of new ideas in weapons technologies seemed to slow down. Some circles thought that nuclear warfare reached a point that no further advance could break the stalemate between the United States and the Soviet Union. They whispered of a technological plateau. On May 12, 1960, Senator Thomas Dodd called attention to the fallacy of the ultimate technological plateau. He urged continued devotion to advancing technology.

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