The Next Century Of War (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Future battlefields will employ ever-more technology, whether that battlefield is on earth, in the sea, in space, or in cyberspace. Today we will examine the roles robots, drones, artificial intelligence, armored suits, and nanotech may play in the future of war. Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/9sZecKdeilE Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: The Next Century of War Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 280; March 4, 2021 Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Written by: Isaac Arthur Jason Burbank Script Editors: Jerry Guern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxgArWbEhZg Konstantin Sokerin Matthew Campbell Graphics: Darth Biomech https://www.artstation.com/darth_biomech Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners. In this month's Nebula exclusive, big alien theory,
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0:20.0	This episode is sponsored by Audubal.
0:23.2	Some say humanity's future would be a utopian era, where human effort and ingenuity are focused
0:28.3	on the betterment of our fellow humans, and the restoration of nature, and where conflict
0:32.6	is a barely understood concept from the distant and uncivilized past.
0:36.5	Others believe that in the grim darkness
0:38.2	of the far future, there will only be war. The history of warfare has been one of constant
0:44.3	change in innovation, even before modern times where technology changed so fast that each
0:49.2	generation saw an entirely new landscape. So today we'll be looking at what new technologies
0:53.9	might be introduced to the battlefield at what new technologies might be introduced
0:54.6	to the battlefield and what the impact might be.
0:57.7	It's easy to overestimate the sci-fi aspect of military technological changes, but it's
1:02.9	important to keep in mind that military hardware generations take a long time.
1:06.9	Rifle, pistol, and machine gun technology has changed so little in the last century that
1:11.1	many weapons from back then are still in use, or even the weapons themselves.
1:16.3	Fighter jet generations are currently around 30 years.
1:19.6	By the end of World War II, humans were sending missiles into space and had nuclear
1:23.9	weapons.
1:24.9	All they needed to do to make an ICBM was to make the missiles a little larger,
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