I watched a Chinese propaganda movie last night. They’re getting pretty good. This one was awarded Best Art Direction at the 2012 Pyongyang International Film Festival so the quality was superior..
Each of us spends much of our waking hours in a virtual world. The greatest geniuses of 200 years ago, if teleported to our present time, would not be astounded that we possess cars, planes or helicopters, for such inventions were depicted in Leonardo’s codices created more than 500 years ago. What would amaze such intellects is that we spend so much of our time in a synthetic world, which is a representation of reality that may be altered by adding or subtracting ones and zeros.
Cyberwarfare creates injurious differences between this representation of reality and reality itself; these differences are hidden from users, in order to change behaviors and actions. Cyberwarfare thus corrupts truth, preempting informed action. America must realize that a threat of this magnitude requires a Herculean response: a Manhattan Project for our time, in this domain.