The scenes unfolding on U.S. college campuses where there is overt support for Hamas make me think we are seeing the birth of the 'New Left.' For a small percentage of these 'activists,' peaceful protest won't be enough. Big-time Weather Underground/Baader Meinhoff vibes.

Most of the time you don't really notice the world changing. Then one day you're sitting in the back of a driverless car, listening to music on your phone while asking an AI something, when suddenly you're struck by a memory of childhood and you realize you now live in Star Trek.

The elites and the so-called experts say it can’t be done. They want you to think a formal system can’t define its own truth condition.

A big problem in the world today is that instead of going off to fight the Turks and dying of malaria, men just start podcasts when they feel unfulfilled.

I hate to break it to y'all, but Iron is never going to replace Bronze.
First of all, there's just not enough iron. Its only usable form is found in rare lumps that we don't know the source of. (Some say that they fall from the sky as a gift from the gods, but this has not been

Why are these anti-deterrence arguments so consistently simplistic and poor? “Deterrence doctrine is an unproved theory [and] fails to consider the possibility of accidents, miscalculations, terrorist groups, cyber-attacks or simple mistakes.” economist.com/letters/2024/0…

New idea: build new missiles that satisfy domestic audiences but cause little damage to our adversaries so they don't feel the need to retaliate.

The original 1944 New York Times review of pizza is excellent.

I'm pleased to see my article, 'Swarm Clouds on the Horizon?: Exploring the Future of Drone Swarm Proliferation,' is still the 2nd most popular post on Modern War Institute a month after publishing.

If you haven't read it yet, give a go:

mwi.westpoint.edu/swarm-clouds-o…

I’ve been following the drama around NPR CEO Katherine Maher, and, while lots of conservatives are dunking on her tweets and statements, I don’t see a lot of liberals circling the wagons around her. But a lot of them were just like her between 2017 and 2020.

Could the consequences of successful nuclear deterrence and the resulting peace be the cause of the climate change 'crisis?'
globalsecurityreview.com/the-climate-ch…

Sad to hear this news. Reading FHI papers on existential risk was a huge inspiration to me, and played a big role in my career working to mitigate catastrophic and existential risks. I hope FHI is refounded somewhere without the iron shackles of a dysfunctional institution

10 Surprising Upsides To The Nuclear Apocalypse buff.ly/4aFndzy

Belgian Parliamentary Commission on defence agrees to ban autonomous weapon systems - it still would need to be approved by the general Belgian Parliament
m.gva.be/cnt/dmf2024041…

Wars in the not-distant future will feature swarms of drone weapons, with “minds of their own” Stacie Pettyjohn Zachary Kallenborn The Cipher Brief thecipherbrief.com/in-future-wars…

The Babylon Bee Guide To The Apocalypse Is Coming Soon! buff.ly/440iGFu