P. W. Singer and August Cole: In modern times, wars between sovereign states have generally been left to militaries and government intelligence agencies, but a cyber war will almost assuredly see civilians join the fight.
Micky McManus: In 2010, ten billion microprocessors were manufactured; we made more transistors than we grew grains of rice.
David Gelles: N.H.T.S.A. estimates that it has 0.3 staff members for every 100 fatalities in automobile crashes; the F.A.A. has at its disposal over 10,000 staff members for every 100 fatalities on commercial aircraft.
Simon Kuper: Roads will soon probably kill more people than either AIDS or tuberculosis.
Jonathan Franzen: They have adopted new technologies in pursuit of greater control, only to feel controlled by them ... They worry, often nostalgically, that they're missing out on something fundamental.
Emily Badger: The most disadvantaged are more likely -- and have grown even more likely over time -- to die in car crashes than people who are well-off.
Marcelo Rinesi: Is your self-driving car deliberately slowing down to give priority to the higher-priced models?
Richard Bejtlich: The ability to inflict asymmetric cost on adversaries ... plays a role in the digital arena.
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