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War in the Age of Intelligent Machines
Manuel De Landa and Computerized WarManuel De Landa and Computerized War
A year after Desert Storm, what images still grip the mind? The weeping jarhead, the Fourth of July over Baghdad, the charred traffic jam of retreat? For me, it is the blurry black-and-white roller-coaster ride the “smart bomb'“ took us on as it dived into the roof of its target. Not only did the clip merge the bomb’s p.o.v. with our own (a connection broken at the exact moment of real contact), but it communicated the creepy sense that the... - Religions and Spirits6 min
Televangelists Tune Into the End
National Religious Broadcasters convention during the first Gulf WarNational Religious Broadcasters convention during the first Gulf War
A year after Desert Storm, what images still grip the mind? The weeping jarhead, the Fourth of July over Baghdad, the charred traffic jam of retreat? For me, it is the blurry black-and-white roller-coaster ride the “smart bomb'“ took us on as it dived into the roof of its target. Not only did the clip merge the bomb’s p.o.v. with our own (a connection broken at the exact moment of real contact), but it communicated the creepy sense that the...