Let's say Stalin found a literal god-damned Stargate. First of all, how long do you think that would take to reverse engineer? Especially if there's materials not found on earth at all.
Any technology have an idea and implementation. If you are not ready to implement it for some reason, that does not stop you from developing and studing idea. So, if Stalin had found Stargate, we will at least have a good theory of building and using long-distance wormholes. All that relativity theory is proven wrong. Physics changed hugely to adapt to new knowledge. Something like Alcubierre drive, that needs exotic matter or negative energy (Casimir vacuum, may be) to work we don't have in hands in necessary amount yet.
Secondly, you think he would walk up and give that secret to Hitler or churchhill?
You can't keep secret forever. Nuclear bomb was first build in US. Do you know how long that secret lasted? Why did US gave that secret to USSR, Israel, and even Pakistan?
It's not "dead end" tech. It's literally controlling all of our lives more and more every single day that passes.
Bipolar transistors invented in 1947 is obsolete. Technology that controls you uses MOSFETs, that have nothing common with 1947 bipolar transistors.
Saying "don't use a phone that tracks you" is ridiculous. You have no idea
How do you know that? You have no idea on type and history of trasistors tech uses now. Hardly you have ideas about how more complex things works.
Let's say Stalin found a literal god-damned Stargate. First of all, how long do you think that would take to reverse engineer? Especially if there's materials not found on earth at all.
Any technology have an idea and implementation. If you are not ready to implement it for some reason, that does not stop you from developing and studing idea. So, if Stalin had found Stargate, we will at least have a good theory of building and using long-distance wormholes. Something like Alcubierre drive, that needs exotic matter or negative energy (Casimir vacuum, may be) to work we don't have in hands in necessary amount yet.
Secondly, you think he would walk up and give that secret to Hitler or churchhill?
You can't keep secret forever. Nuclear bomb was first build in US. Do you know how that secret lasted? Why did US gave that secret to USSR, Israel, even Pakistan?
It's not "dead end" tech. It's literally controlling all of our lives more and more every single day that passes.
Bipolar transistors invented in 1947 is obsolete. Technology that controls you uses MOSFETs, that have nothing common with 1947 bipolar transistors.
Saying "don't use a phone that tracks you" is ridiculous. You have no idea
How do you know that? You have no idea on type and history of trasistors tech uses now. Hardly you have ideas about how more complex things works.