In this eye-opening discussion, host SM Fakhar Hayat is joined by guest Maggie to explore a provocative challenge to the mainstream narrative of technological progress.
Drawing from the article by Dr. Wang Xiaoqiang, we move beyond the familiar story of entrepreneurs and consumer demand driving innovation. Instead, we examine how many of the most decisive modern technologies were born from war, state power, military pressure, and strategic competition.
From the defence industry’s hidden role in shaping our world to the complex relationship between conflict and invention, this debate reveals a powerful pattern: War poses the problem. The state organises the breakthrough. The market later spreads the result. Ultimately, whoever controls these technologies will shape the future of humanity.
