4.07.2004
tomdispatch re darpa from february.. notable excerpts:
As former DARPA Director Charles Herzfeld noted in 1975, "When we fail, we fail big."
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A question seldom asked is why pie-in-the-sky creativity exists unfettered and fostered only in the context of lethal technologies?
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Today, DARPA's Continuous Assisted Performance (CAP) program is aimed at creating a 24-7 trooper by "investigating ways to prevent fatigue and enable soldiers to stay awake, alert, and effective for up to seven days straight without suffering any deleterious mental or physical effects and without using any of the current generation of stimulants."
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[action-at-a-distance, baby] Says DARPA, "The long-term Defense implications of finding ways to turn thoughts into acts, if it can be developed, are enormous: imagine U.S. warfighters that only need use the power of their thoughts to do things at great distances."
As former DARPA Director Charles Herzfeld noted in 1975, "When we fail, we fail big."
..
A question seldom asked is why pie-in-the-sky creativity exists unfettered and fostered only in the context of lethal technologies?
..
Today, DARPA's Continuous Assisted Performance (CAP) program is aimed at creating a 24-7 trooper by "investigating ways to prevent fatigue and enable soldiers to stay awake, alert, and effective for up to seven days straight without suffering any deleterious mental or physical effects and without using any of the current generation of stimulants."
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[action-at-a-distance, baby] Says DARPA, "The long-term Defense implications of finding ways to turn thoughts into acts, if it can be developed, are enormous: imagine U.S. warfighters that only need use the power of their thoughts to do things at great distances."
