#battlefield

yew@diasp.eu

My friend Glynn in the Allgäu sent me...

Have we been using the wrong tactics?

Why the key to winning an information war is to throw one’s weapons down

... ... He emphasises that we have been engaged in a war where the battlefield is our hearts and minds. Dr Dubois explains that we are virtual animals, in that we use technology to engage with and understand each other and our world. By technology, he means language, tools, and symbols such as money, as well as the internet, computers, smartphones and so on. In this sense, we already live in a kind of virtual reality – and while this gives us tremendous capacity, it also makes us very vulnerable. ... ...

#information #war #heart #mind #battlefield

anonymiss@despora.de

4 unanswered questions about the #future of the #Ukraine #war

Source: https://www.vox.com/world-politics/23600837/ukraine-war-russia-whats-next

That war is brutal and horrible is not exactly a new observation, but the war in Ukraine is both a war of the future and a war of the past. Technological advances on the #battlefield — tools like #drones — are reshaping the war, but they’re also not transforming conflict into something never before seen. Right now, traditional instruments of war — #ammunition, #artillery, armored vehicles, ground troops, trenches — are anchoring this #conflict.

#news #military #society #politics #humanRights #nwo #problem #question #technology #weapon #Army #defense #Nato #Russia