*Note: This essay was originally published on the United States Naval Institute’s Proceedings commentary & analysis site. Sure, you love your smartphone. But what if that sleek digital device served as your company commander—would you follow it? Would you die for a computer program’s decision? Can valor be “automated”? And in advanced societies with fewer and fewer…
Previously taped and then aired on June 19, 2018, I had a heckuva time talking with Dr. Andrew Hill of the Army War College’s War Room – this wide-ranging and fun conversation can be found here.
*Note: This essay was published in the Los Angeles Times print edition on May 28, 2018. It can also be found online here. The novelist Margaret Atwood recently caused a stir when, during an interview with Variety, she said that the 9/11 hijackers “got the idea” to fly planes into buildings from watching “Star Wars.” Atwood, the…