Another way of putting this is that mankind's 5,000-year-old monopoly on the fighting of war is breaking down in our very lifetime. I've spent the last several years going around meeting with all the players in this field, from the robot scientists to the science fiction authors who inspired them to the 19-year-old drone pilots who are fighting from Nevada, to the four-star generals who command them, to even the Iraqi insurgents who they are targeting and what they think about our systems, and what I found interesting is not just their stories, but how their experiences point to these ripple effects that are going outwards in our society, in our law and our ethics, etc. And so what I'd like to do with my remaining time is basically flesh out a couple of these.
Drugi način da to kažemo je kako se 5.000 godina star monopol čovječanstva na vođenje rata raspada unutar našeg životnog vijeka. Potrošio sam zadnjih nekoliko godina obilazeći uokolo susrećući se sa svim igračima u ovom polju, od znanstvenika oko robota do autora znanstvene fantastike koji su ih nadahnuli do 19-godišnjih pilota dronova koji se bore iz Nevade, do generala zbora koji im zapovijedaju, čak do iračkih pobunjenika koje oni ciljaju i što oni misle o našim sustavima, a što sam našao zanimljivim nisu samo njihove priče, nego kako njihova iskustva ukazuju na učinke tog talasanja koji prelaze u naše društvo, u naše zakone, u našu etiku itd. A što bih volio učiniti sa svojim preostalim vremenom je u biti ukazati na neki broj tih učinaka.