I once heard a story about an instructor in a large lecture class who was approached by a student saying she loved the class but had a job interview that conflicted with the meeting time.
The thought that millions of people would allow their destiny to be determined by a gigantic chess game seems improbable. But even if you could get agreement, I think you may be a little behind the times.
The next major war is likely to be fought in the computer labs with no soldiers and no drones but, far from the blood-free scenario you posit, all of us will be casualties
As the CrowdStrike catastrophe showed us, it doesn’t take much to bring the world to a screeching halt. This was done by accident. Doing something like this on purpose is relatively inexpensive and easy. Witness the Colonial Pipeline shutdown. While we are continuously upgrading infrastructure security, the attackers are upgrading too. Defense is always going to be more difficult and expensive than offense.
The thought that millions of people would allow their destiny to be determined by a gigantic chess game seems improbable. But even if you could get agreement, I think you may be a little behind the times.
The next major war is likely to be fought in the computer labs with no soldiers and no drones but, far from the blood-free scenario you posit, all of us will be casualties
As the CrowdStrike catastrophe showed us, it doesn’t take much to bring the world to a screeching halt. This was done by accident. Doing something like this on purpose is relatively inexpensive and easy. Witness the Colonial Pipeline shutdown. While we are continuously upgrading infrastructure security, the attackers are upgrading too. Defense is always going to be more difficult and expensive than offense.