[ExI] Our Ageing World

[William Flynn Wallace]

In the past couple decades, western commerce has become entirely dependent
on reliable electronic communications.  Yesterday I got call from a friend
in NY who had to cancel his weekend visit because an airline faced major
delays over computer glitches.  Think about it.  spike

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 12:18 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> Of Anders Sandberg
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 10:03 AM
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> Subject: Re: [ExI] Our Ageing World
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> On 2016-08-14 16:18, BillK wrote:
> >>... Drones don't win wars. They create more enemies / terrorists than
> they
>
> > destroy. You need (robot) boots on the ground to win wars.
>
> >...I used to argue with a classmate who planned to become a military
> officer that the future was automation, drones and war fought by nerds in
> front of computer. He disagreed, saying "you will always need a guy with a
> rifle"...Which leads to a real question for the list: what are the
> technological requirements for being able to do this remotely? ...--Dr
> Anders Sandberg
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> I disagree with Major Westerdahl.  There are plenty of scenarios whereby
> virtual warfare can be waged without hurling chunks of metal, without any
> particular type of foot-ware in any particular geographical location.  We
> are seeing a virtual civil war in the USA apparently being instigated by
> Russians with no physical presence, no traditional weapons, no particular
> foot-ware.
>
> In the past couple decades, western commerce has become entirely dependent
> on reliable electronic communications.  Yesterday I got call from a friend
> in NY who had to cancel his weekend visit because an airline faced major
> delays over computer glitches.  Think about it.
>
> spike
>
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