Big Tech and Big War

Laurie Mercier speaks to Roberto J. González, a professor of anthropology at San José State University, about how Silicon Valley is transforming the Military-Industrial Complex. Some of Gonzalez’s recent books include American Counterinsurgency: Human Science and the Human Terrain (2009), Militarizing Culture: Essays on the Warfare State (2010),  and most recently War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future(2022).

See > How Big Tech and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Military-Industrial Complex (2024)

Tech Inquiry https://techinquiry.org/

National Priorities Project https://www.nationalpriorities.org/interactive-data/trade-offs/

Image: Cover of War Virtually, fair use.