#virtual warfare

Baudrillard : the Epistemology of War in an Era of New Media, Neoliberalism, and Virtual Warfare

Para o nosso vídeo da semana saímos um pouco do nosso tópico de sempre, as artes visuais, para falarmos de um outro tópico muito relevante em nossa concepção.  A tecnologia como uma forma de mudar mercados e quebrar paradigmas.  O uso pode ser controverso, mas o código como arma de guerra é inusitado, aperte o play e confira essa nova arma criada através do mundo virtual.

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  -M

I don't mean electronic warfare.

I mean: leaders from both sides get together. They declare the numbers of their forces (or overt forces), and talk through each move they'd make as if they were actually fighting. When one side hears they'd be attacked, they can calculate the casualty likelihood and assert their retaliation. Each move in the virtual war would be made with as much time to think as you would have in a real, physical war, with likely negative ramifications on the conflict if you wait too long to do something. Eventually the leaders would asses their position in the predicament and realize the war cannot persist, and would settle the matter logically.

In theory, no one would die, nothing would actually be destroyed, and warring nations would might get a little humility or resentment from realizing they'd get whooped if they were to actually try anything.

The soldiers would still get paid to be in shape, trained, and educated, on the off-chance we actually did need to physically fight, and so we wouldn't be lying about our forces in the virtual war negotiations, but we wouldn't be blowing up million-dollar pieces of equipment, so spending would go down a bit.