6:00AM
Time's Battleland: "The future of Fifth Generation Warfare: Follow the food!"
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 6:00AM
Everybody thinks that the future is going to see fights over energy, when it's far more likely to be primarily over food. Think about it: The 19th century is the century of chemistry and that gets us chemical weapons in World War I. The 20th century is the century of physics and that gets us nuclear weapons in World War II. But the 21st century? That's the century of biology, and that gets us biological weaponry and biological terror. My point: obsessing over nuclear terrorism is steering by our rearview mirror.
Read the entire post at Time's Battleland blog.
tagged agriculture, food, terrorism | in Time's Battleland | Email Article | Permalink | Print Article
Reader Comments (1)
The guy's shirt says "Germany! Pay what you owe!" And given the consensus that the latest E. Coli outbreak in Germany had domestic origins, I think Germany owes Spain an apology.