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In the mind of a drone

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C C Offline
http://mindhacks.com/2015/05/17/in-the-mind-of-a-drone/

EXCERPT: Longreads has an excellent article on the psychology of drone warfare that looks at this particularly modern form of air-to-ground combat from many, thought-provoking angles. These include the effect of humanless warfare, how suicide bombers are being dronified, how reducing the risk to soldiers might make civilians a more inviting target, whether remote-drone-pilot PTSD is convenient myth, and most interesting, the reliance of ‘Pattern-of-Life Analysis’ on which to base strikes....
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This needs to be updated and added to Rainbow Unicorn's recent post about policing drones. I think we need to take these things seriously because this technology can unbalance democracy, and create a ruling class. There is a danger in valuing technology and profits but not humans.
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