Some conservatives say technology will fix climate change. They say the same thing about ending wars. And yet…

Some conservatives say technology will fix climate change. They say the same thing about ending wars. And yet despite the overwhelming technological might of Western powers, when was the last time we won a war? Kuwait? A triviality in military terms. Anything else post WW2? /1

Increasingly richer nations have taken a satellite imagery approach to diplomacy. If we can see it on a screen and target it with cruise missiles, we have it under control. But it doesn’t seem to be working. We feel like a giant gated community, protected by planetary-level…/2

…CCTV. Maybe, just maybe, conflicts would be less likely to happen with genuine engagement with other parts of the world. Many of the tinpot autocrats we fight were either directly installed by us, or filled a vacuum left by us. We learned that even between WW1 and WW2. /end