National Security Needs Both Futurists and Traditionalists
Technological change is not new. Nor does a focus on technology at this
particular moment make one a blinkered “futurist.” Technology is an
instrument of national power that feeds and in turn is fed by other
elements of national power. With so many technologies with potentially
transformative applications emerging at once, focusing on understanding,
developing, and leveraging these technologies is well justified, even
if it seems myopic at times.
