The cyberwar rhetoric is dangerous. Its practitioners are artists of exaggeration, who seem to think spinning tall tales is the only way to make bureaucracies move in the right direction. But yelling “Cyberwar” in a crowded internet is not without consequence. Not only does it promote unnecessary fear, it feeds the forces of parochial nationalism and militarism — undermining a communications system that has arguably done more to connect the world’s citizens than the last 50 years of diplomacy.Interesting when you put it side by side with the NPR interview. Dare I say it’s Clarke who comes across as the out-of-touch fearmonger? See also: Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet (Also, people, ‘cyber’? What is this, 1991? The very use of the prefix makes you sound irrelevant.) |
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