The Future of War, and How It Affects YOU (Multi-Domain Operations) - Smarter Every Day 211

Why HN readers recommended it

HN cites it for an insider's look at defense work and at how the military thinks about information operations and cyberspace.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

SmarterEveryDay

Topic

modern warfare and information operations

Format

interview

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

17

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I see the point but it is a narrow and modernist characterization of other minds on the matter. A lot of perfectly decent people do defense work and don't really need the paychecks (the famous Youtuber SmarterEveryDay comes to mind). Here are a few reasons …

• The educational Youtube channel SmarterEveryDay made a video about his day job as a military rocket engineer. It's an insightful how-and-why explanation for those wondering why there aren't more conscientious objectors: [VIDEO]

• Relevant video by Smarter Every Day[0]. Basically interviewing military people talk about the information part of war in the modern era. > I just made a weapon?! -Dustin @21:35 [0] [VIDEO]