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Re:A dozen Google employees quit over military drone project by grcshlep on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @02:13PM (#17076230)
I'm thinking that they have a problem with the military, period, and don't think soldiers should have been in Iraq etc in the first place. Its an issue of trust.

And then you have the argument that if you reduce the human cost of wars, you make wars more likely.

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Re:A dozen Google employees quit over military drone project by posix_me_less on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:18PM (#17077516)
> the argument that if you reduce the human cost of wars, you make wars more likely

Very good point! Drone attacks make the operators into drones themselves, detached from feeling the consequences of their actions.

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Re:A dozen Google employees quit over military drone project by facetube on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:08AM (#17080330)
It's not clear that cost is even being reduced. PTSD rates in drone operators are roughly equivalent to those who fly manned combat missions [1].

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/drone-pilots-found-to-...

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