Darren Farber
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Everyone was working on these problems. Jim Simons at Renaissance worked at the Institute for Defense Analysis, which is around the corner from the Pentagon. So it was actually pretty difficult to have a huge preponderance of scientists working in these technologies and capabilities. Wall comes down, last supper at the Pentagon, merging... all these defense businesses.
Everyone was working on these problems. Jim Simons at Renaissance worked at the Institute for Defense Analysis, which is around the corner from the Pentagon. So it was actually pretty difficult to have a huge preponderance of scientists working in these technologies and capabilities. Wall comes down, last supper at the Pentagon, merging... all these defense businesses.
And it's no coincidence that you get an internet revolution on the back end of this, a biotech revolution on the back end of this, because we let loose this technical ability all over the country and really all over the world. And so now there's a little bit of, we're going to suck some of this capability back in here and it's going to manifest itself in some new businesses, which is wonderful.
And it's no coincidence that you get an internet revolution on the back end of this, a biotech revolution on the back end of this, because we let loose this technical ability all over the country and really all over the world. And so now there's a little bit of, we're going to suck some of this capability back in here and it's going to manifest itself in some new businesses, which is wonderful.
But I think the lesson learned is going forward, it's going to be a combination of old and new.
But I think the lesson learned is going forward, it's going to be a combination of old and new.
I think it could be accurate and fall down. I actually think it's a false choice. So in the opening skirmish of the drone swarms fighting each other. OK, one drone swarm wins. Let's just say the casualties are 75 percent. What's next? Do you want to kill everyone in that theater of operation? Should everyone be dead or do you need to take it over?
I think it could be accurate and fall down. I actually think it's a false choice. So in the opening skirmish of the drone swarms fighting each other. OK, one drone swarm wins. Let's just say the casualties are 75 percent. What's next? Do you want to kill everyone in that theater of operation? Should everyone be dead or do you need to take it over?
The second you need to take over an environment with people. Well, guess what? Old stuff. Here comes the old stuff. We're going to need some of the old stuff. We're not thinking much about the Gaza contingency as a place to learn stuff. There's tons of stuff to learn of what's happening there. One is how to hide from a vastly superior force is clearly go subterranean. There's a whole tactic there.
The second you need to take over an environment with people. Well, guess what? Old stuff. Here comes the old stuff. We're going to need some of the old stuff. We're not thinking much about the Gaza contingency as a place to learn stuff. There's tons of stuff to learn of what's happening there. One is how to hide from a vastly superior force is clearly go subterranean. There's a whole tactic there.
And the other thing is some of the most capable things the Israelis have in that theater are up-armored bulldozers, bulletproof bulldozers. These are the unsung hero of the Gaza contingency and tanks following right behind it. I think when you're clearly outmatched, you're going to revert to this form of insurgent behavior where you're going to bed in the population.
And the other thing is some of the most capable things the Israelis have in that theater are up-armored bulldozers, bulletproof bulldozers. These are the unsung hero of the Gaza contingency and tanks following right behind it. I think when you're clearly outmatched, you're going to revert to this form of insurgent behavior where you're going to bed in the population.
If they want to take over the population and not kill the population, we're going to need to move to some hybrid of old and new. Look, the Israelis have tons of technology. And don't get me wrong, the drones and the technology were very important. I don't know if you saw the Senoir video of that drone just hovering. So super important.
If they want to take over the population and not kill the population, we're going to need to move to some hybrid of old and new. Look, the Israelis have tons of technology. And don't get me wrong, the drones and the technology were very important. I don't know if you saw the Senoir video of that drone just hovering. So super important.
But tanks and bulldozers and troops in Gaza were pretty damn important, too. And so I just think the phase of the warfare will ultimately lead to using some old stuff at some point. I just don't think it'll kick off in the same way anymore.
But tanks and bulldozers and troops in Gaza were pretty damn important, too. And so I just think the phase of the warfare will ultimately lead to using some old stuff at some point. I just don't think it'll kick off in the same way anymore.
Yes. The fact that there's this interest going back to that conversation with the Chinese industrialists. Oh, no, no one would go into this thing. Well, I remember no one wanted to go into this. I remember protests in Mountain View at Google's campus that they shouldn't be doing work for the Department of Defense. And I feel like that is wholesale gone. Yeah, that was not long ago.
Yes. The fact that there's this interest going back to that conversation with the Chinese industrialists. Oh, no, no one would go into this thing. Well, I remember no one wanted to go into this. I remember protests in Mountain View at Google's campus that they shouldn't be doing work for the Department of Defense. And I feel like that is wholesale gone. Yeah, that was not long ago.
Yeah, it wasn't that long ago. So that's pretty good, man. I'm pretty happy about that.
Yeah, it wasn't that long ago. So that's pretty good, man. I'm pretty happy about that.