"the argument to suppress a knowledge or technology "for the good of mankind" is actually an argument "for the good of the suppressor", and that the two are not in any way necessarily congruent."
I'm tempted to agree. That splendid line from YES, MINISTER comes to mind when Sir Humphrey explains ...
"Bernard, the Official Secrets Act was not put in place to protect the secrets, it's there to protect the officials."
On the other paw, as a long time friend of Dragonflight and I once put it, sure we were supposed to have aircars by now (and the Skycar design comes close) but considering how badly the average human drives in TWO dimensions, who would be dim enough to make generally available to them something able to maneuver in THREE and which might come crashing through your penthouse window because they didn't take that "left turn at 'Albaquoike'"?
I'm tempted to agree. That splendid line from YES, MINISTER comes to mind when Sir Humphrey explains ...
"Bernard, the Official Secrets Act was not put in place to protect the secrets, it's there to protect the officials."
On the other paw, as a long time friend of Dragonflight and I once put it, sure we were supposed to have aircars by now (and the Skycar design comes close) but considering how badly the average human drives in TWO dimensions, who would be dim enough to make generally available to them something able to maneuver in THREE and which might come crashing through your penthouse window because they didn't take that "left turn at 'Albaquoike'"?