The Impact of Accelerating Information Technology on War and Peace

Abstract

The Law of Accelerating Returns: The price-performance, capacity and bandwidth of information technologies progresses exponentially through multiple paradigm shifts. The Paradigm Shift Rate is now doubling every decade. So is the take-off hard or soft? Exponential growth is soft...but ultimately, profoundly transformative.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA505903

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  • Ray Kurzweil

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  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
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  • Cyber
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  • Weapons Technologies

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