Technology Convergence and National Security
Abstract
Many traditional R&D programs have been commodity or capability driven, and based on a perceived threat rather than science and technology * Creates artificial technology stovepipes and incremental advances * Results in never ending game of catch-up to emerging threats * In corporate world, tends to preserve status quo and miss disruptive technologies * We need a transdisciplinary revolution: an integrated and comprehensive science and technology approach that transcends traditional disciplines and instead looks at knowledge as a broad-based continuum to transform military and commercial capabilities * Principles from one discipline fundamentally alter how we think of another discipline (e.g. neuroscience and computers) * Exponential leaps in technology result from transdisciplinary convergence (e.g. genomics and information technology) * Ability to negate all military and economic threats, whether known or unknown, and exploit disruptive technologies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 25, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA540473
Entities
People
- James J. Valdes
Organizations
- National Defense University