Re: The military in 2025

From: Stirling Westrup (sti@cam.org)
Date: Thu Apr 06 2000 - 21:46:56 MDT


Damien Broderick wrote:

> Indeed. The Royal Australian Air Force hired Toffler Associates to run a
> similar study in Oz:
>
> http://www.raaf.gov.au/2030/
>
> but this site refers to 1999 as the future, so either it hasn't been
> updated or I'm looking at the wrong url.
>
> I was interviewed about the Singularity. As far as I can tell in a quick
> glance through the RAAF site, my views have been dismissed or disappeared.

I didn't see any particular mention of Singularity in American version
either, but they did mention a consideration that organized human
aggression may be obsolete by the time 2025 rolls around; an astounding
admission for military academies to make.

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