In war, the cost in civilian lives is incalculable, not to mention the many military personnel whose lives are destroyed. Then there is the cost to the environment and the cost to human potential as our scientists waste their lives planning and researching even more horrific weapons which increasingly, in modern war, kill more civilians than combatants.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In war, the cost in civilian lives is incalculable, not to mention the many military personnel whose lives are destroyed. Then there is the cost to the environment and the cost to human potential as our scientists waste their lives planning and researching even more horrific weapons which increasingly, in modern war, kill more civilians than combatants." in the context of "The Disturbing Expansion of the Military-Industrial Complex, Common Dreams, (14 October 2014)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.