Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value. Nobody now fears that a Japanese fleet could deal an unexpected blow on our Pacific possessions. Radio makes surprise impossible. The election of Hoover should result in continued prosperity for 1929. Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.
Scientists are like atomic nuclei.
They are more easily split than fused. There's no such thing as intelligence, a capacity for learning, or a general ability to imitate role models. The purpose of a university is to make students safe for ideas - not ideas safe for students. The device is inherently of no value to us. The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value.