http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/10/23/wwf-2008-the-role-of-women-in-the-military-world-of-the-future/ Thoughts on a changing society. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/10/23/wwf-2008-the-role-of-women-in-the-military-world-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-21220 Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » Military snake robot Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:00:14 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/10/23/wwf-2008-the-role-of-women-in-the-military-world-of-the-future/#comment-21220 [...] war is an intriguing subject. On one side it’s really scary, on the other it means more women will be involved, possibly a reason to hope for more civilized conflicts. Here is the latest invention of the [...] [...] war is an intriguing subject. On one side it’s really scary, on the other it means more women will be involved, possibly a reason to hope for more civilized conflicts. Here is the latest invention of the [...]

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/10/23/wwf-2008-the-role-of-women-in-the-military-world-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-12321 laurent Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:01:17 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/10/23/wwf-2008-the-role-of-women-in-the-military-world-of-the-future/#comment-12321 Many questions in one here ;) - about mixing humanitarian and war: the problem is who else to do humanitarian work then? Might be interesting to train some "humanitarian armies", but who pays for it, and what do they do in between crisis? - I don't find this surprising at all actually, it just fits society's evolution towards virtualization, remote everything, etc. - the psychology will probably be better (it's probably less traumatizing to kill through a screen than in real) but you're right, there could be real issues with separating what's true and what's not. The incidents and abuses will probably rise immensely as the remote soldiers have a lesser sense of responsibility because of distance and virtuality. Not good news for all the civilians in conflict zones I would say.. Many questions in one here ;)
- about mixing humanitarian and war: the problem is who else to do humanitarian work then? Might be interesting to train some “humanitarian armies”, but who pays for it, and what do they do in between crisis?
- I don’t find this surprising at all actually, it just fits society’s evolution towards virtualization, remote everything, etc.
- the psychology will probably be better (it’s probably less traumatizing to kill through a screen than in real) but you’re right, there could be real issues with separating what’s true and what’s not. The incidents and abuses will probably rise immensely as the remote soldiers have a lesser sense of responsibility because of distance and virtuality. Not good news for all the civilians in conflict zones I would say..

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/10/23/wwf-2008-the-role-of-women-in-the-military-world-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-12306 olivier Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:19:14 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/10/23/wwf-2008-the-role-of-women-in-the-military-world-of-the-future/#comment-12306 Oh What a surprise! War became more clean, efficient and like washing powder, and soon more ecological even. You make war like playing Video game, on daily base, training kids from early years in order to be more usual. And As far as Army mixes their missions with peace and humanitarian activities. Then I do not see such big change from what has been developed during the last 15 years. It is just the natural course of human business evolution. Is their any highlights about the side effects of this "surprising" evolution? How the psychology of such soldiers will be, when they end their career? what about these women? We talk about kids'soldiers in Africa, killing for real, What about kids in Europe and others onliners, killing in virtual world for fun? Warning! borders are bluring with subtilities… Oh What a surprise! War became more clean, efficient and like washing powder, and soon more ecological even. You make war like playing Video game, on daily base, training kids from early years in order to be more usual. And As far as Army mixes their missions with peace and humanitarian activities. Then I do not see such big change from what has been developed during the last 15 years. It is just the natural course of human business evolution.
Is their any highlights about the side effects of this “surprising” evolution?
How the psychology of such soldiers will be, when they end their career? what about these women?
We talk about kids’soldiers in Africa, killing for real, What about kids in Europe and others onliners, killing in virtual world for fun?
Warning! borders are bluring with subtilities…

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/10/23/wwf-2008-the-role-of-women-in-the-military-world-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-12256 Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » Can technology make army careers more sexy? Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:31:14 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2008/10/23/wwf-2008-the-role-of-women-in-the-military-world-of-the-future/#comment-12256 [...] will not only bring more women to war, they also play a huge role in recruitment efforts and are put forward as one of the main appealing [...] [...] will not only bring more women to war, they also play a huge role in recruitment efforts and are put forward as one of the main appealing [...]

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