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Plain English with Derek Thompson cover image

The Future of War Is Here

Plain English with Derek Thompson

CHAPTER

The Dangers of Arms Races

Ross Anderson: What's really dangerous about arms races is the thing that you're asking the other country to give up, especially in a geopolitical situation like we have right now where there isn't strong trust filled up between the really important parties. And so that doesn't mean that I'm necessarily pessimistic. You know, as he said, I'm not a techno determinist and the stark treaty is a great example of it, right? Like people got together and said, we don't want to live in a world like that."

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