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Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
January 21, 2010 @ 12:00 am
Wired for War – The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
“[P.W. Singer] has written what is likely to be the definitive work on this subject for some time to come.” Financial Times
Senior Fellow and Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, P.W. Singer reveals how science fiction is fast becoming a reality on the battlefield in his new book Wired for War. Singer argues that a massive shift in military technology and the advent of robotic warfare is changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and ethics that surround war itself. The author of the eerily prescient award-winning books Corporate Warriors, about private military contractors, and Children at War, about child soldiers, Singer will discuss his recent work.
Admission is free for UCSB students with valid UCSB ID.
Co-presented with the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies and USCB Center for Nanotechnology in Society.
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
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