Incredible piece here. Echols nails the real tension when he brings up the security dilema and how dominance-seeking backfires into arms spirals. The Cold War nuclear treaties remind us that strategic restraint can actually build more durable security than raw force expansion. But here's the rub: venture capital has basically discovered defense as a moonshot category, which means these emirgent autonomous weapon s systems are more aboutmarket timing than strategic coherence. The incentives are all wrong for the kind of discernment we need.
Incredible piece here. Echols nails the real tension when he brings up the security dilema and how dominance-seeking backfires into arms spirals. The Cold War nuclear treaties remind us that strategic restraint can actually build more durable security than raw force expansion. But here's the rub: venture capital has basically discovered defense as a moonshot category, which means these emirgent autonomous weapon s systems are more aboutmarket timing than strategic coherence. The incentives are all wrong for the kind of discernment we need.