On the Future of Warfare

On July 30th I gave an hour-long presentation on “Nanotechnology and the Future of Warfare” at the World Future Society’s annual conference. You can view the presentation here.

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Posted by Sara  on  12/09  at  11:28 PM

I'm doing a "future paper" on the future of warfare in 10, 25 and 50 years. I was wondering if you could enlighten me on the subject.
Some questions I have are; Do you think wars will become more frequent or less? Will the military be mostly robots or automated systems? Will Religion become a primary war?

Thank You,
Sara

Posted by Mike Treder  on  12/10  at  09:32 AM

Do you think wars will become more frequent or less?

Smaller but more frequent.

Will the military be mostly robots or automated systems?

In the richer countries, yes. In the poor countries humans will still be cannon fodder.

The next world war mostly will be fought robotically in space with the aim to disrupt information distribution.

Will Religion become a primary war?

No more than it's always been.

Posted by Sara  on  12/10  at  09:45 PM

Thank you for responding! I just have a couple more questions on the Economics. In the future will we still have malls and stores or will everything be online? Will we still be using coins and dollar bills in the future?

Thanks again,
Sara

Posted by postfuturist, UD  on  12/10  at  10:59 PM

In my un-doctoral opinion (UDO), combat-warfare will be replaced by economic warfare. However there's always the WHEN. Futurism is a good deal (for the futurist, that is) because he can postulate any timeframe he pleases; he can write: "by 2068 all outright warfare will have been replaced by economic warfare."
If outright warfare still exists in 2068, who is going to file a lawsuit?

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