I'm really nervous about the future of humanity. I think the trauma of war, especially on the part of the "victors" serves as a necessary negative feedback loop on the general population's support of war (or at least setting a higher threshold for engagement).
This can sort of be seen in response to Vietnam, which was the first major war that the US was involved in with widespread embedded journalism. Journalists were sort of the anti-propaganda of the time.
With the move toward remote-wars, using drones and, eventually, these kinds of robots, we're not getting that trauma, at least not us members of the general public. I'd be really interested in the trauma difference in drone-operators vs. regular-ass soldiers.
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This can sort of be seen in response to Vietnam, which was the first major war that the US was involved in with widespread embedded journalism. Journalists were sort of the anti-propaganda of the time.
With the move toward remote-wars, using drones and, eventually, these kinds of robots, we're not getting that trauma, at least not us members of the general public. I'd be really interested in the trauma difference in drone-operators vs. regular-ass soldiers. =