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This kind of restores my faith in humanity a little
Posted: March 30th, 2011, 11:11 pm
by stilltrucking
Re: This kind of restores my faith in humanity a little
Posted: March 31st, 2011, 9:35 pm
by Arcadia
This episode illustrates the serious risks involved in the use of drones, which many law experts see as violating rules of war.... rules of war??
Re: This kind of restores my faith in humanity a little
Posted: April 4th, 2011, 4:56 pm
by stilltrucking
war games
virtual reality
hyper-reality
there is a risk of developing a ‘Playstation’ mentality to it.
Re: This kind of restores my faith in humanity a little
Posted: April 5th, 2011, 1:08 pm
by mnaz
exactly.
there's a reason for all those violent, reflex-sharpening video games.
and all those explosion-filled and/or sword/slasher movies that come out of hollywood. empire don't come cheap. never has.
gotta have the right skills and mentality for it... gotta have the bodies. and the mind..
Re: This kind of restores my faith in humanity a little
Posted: April 10th, 2011, 1:30 pm
by stilltrucking
I don't know mark, For some reason I am thinking of what a Bokonist would say "Busy Busy busy" re: Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
Busy, busy, busy is what a Bokononist whispers "whenever [he] thinks about how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is." [ 32 ]
I spent a couple hours trying to track down the actual numbers but I could not find a source for his statement about the drone pilots and ptsd. I can't find any studies to back him up.
This is the only thing that comes close
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