Interesting ethical conundrum faced by the inventors of potential military technology since the inception of war. If you look, historically, the inventors of everything from the Gatling gun to the Atom Bomb thought that their invention(s) would make war unthinkable, because the potential for slaughter on such a massive scale would give military leaders pause. Yet, with each advancement, they found ways to rationalize both military casualties and "collateral damage" (civilian deaths), to the point that the previous U.S. administration saw no problem with drone striking villages full of women and children, as long as there were a couple of "military aged males" (which was poli-speak for any male 12 and up) Extra Judicial assassination at a wedding? No problem. Wikileaks? As the female former presidential candidate only half jokingly quipped...... "Can't we just drone strike him?" SMH.
Even after Sterling sees first hand, the benefits the tech gave to the inventor, who was confined to a wheelchair, yet, she allowed him to try it out for himself, and, then let him to rescue his cohorts with it, (she had the kill switch with her the whole time, and could have simply watched them die) they still saw no ethical issue with just stealing it from her and leaving her there, stuck in the chair with a bunch of dead bodies. Now, while I well realize that in the spy game there is no "Prime Directive" to give moral guidance in sketchy situations, if they just thought a LITTLE outside their very tiny (mental) boxes, they could have turned the situation into a recruitment opportunity for the former ISIS / now CIA spy organization. Perhaps an arrangement could have been made for her to team up with her #1 fanboy, Krieger, and teach him the ways of the X/O Suit. But then once again they would have just used the tech for chaos, destruction, and mayhem, instead of helping the disabled live more normal lives. This is why we cant have nice things......
Nice George Taylor ( Charlton Heston) hat tip / impression by Kreiger at the end of the episode.
Review by Paladin5150BlockedParent2020-09-24T10:22:16Z
Chaos.... Thy name is Sterling Archer.
Interesting ethical conundrum faced by the inventors of potential military technology since the inception of war. If you look, historically, the inventors of everything from the Gatling gun to the Atom Bomb thought that their invention(s) would make war unthinkable, because the potential for slaughter on such a massive scale would give military leaders pause. Yet, with each advancement, they found ways to rationalize both military casualties and "collateral damage" (civilian deaths), to the point that the previous U.S. administration saw no problem with drone striking villages full of women and children, as long as there were a couple of "military aged males" (which was poli-speak for any male 12 and up) Extra Judicial assassination at a wedding? No problem. Wikileaks? As the female former presidential candidate only half jokingly quipped...... "Can't we just drone strike him?" SMH.
Even after Sterling sees first hand, the benefits the tech gave to the inventor, who was confined to a wheelchair, yet, she allowed him to try it out for himself, and, then let him to rescue his cohorts with it, (she had the kill switch with her the whole time, and could have simply watched them die) they still saw no ethical issue with just stealing it from her and leaving her there, stuck in the chair with a bunch of dead bodies. Now, while I well realize that in the spy game there is no "Prime Directive" to give moral guidance in sketchy situations, if they just thought a LITTLE outside their very tiny (mental) boxes, they could have turned the situation into a recruitment opportunity for the former ISIS / now CIA spy organization. Perhaps an arrangement could have been made for her to team up with her #1 fanboy, Krieger, and teach him the ways of the X/O Suit. But then once again they would have just used the tech for chaos, destruction, and mayhem, instead of helping the disabled live more normal lives. This is why we cant have nice things......
Nice George Taylor ( Charlton Heston) hat tip / impression by Kreiger at the end of the episode.