The future of war is the future of society - by Noah Smith
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Military technology is changing rapidly, and we're going to have to change with it.
The most prophetic post I’ve ever written wasn’t about economics — well, not directly at least. It was about military technology. I’m not much of an expert in that subject, but I managed to make some predictions that were unpopular at the time but which have been borne out spectacularly in the years since. The original article, written for Quartz, was in 2013, but right now I can only find this republished version from 2020. Here’s what I wrote: The human race is on the brink of momentous and dire change. It is a change that potentially smashes our institutions and warps our society beyond…
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