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BK · Book · 2017 · novel

The Last Good Man

Linda Nagata

The machines

Autonomous weapons that have taken over most of the actual fighting.

What people do all day

Private military contractors manage missions they are increasingly incidental to, job by job, while the machines get better. Everyone involved understands they are supervising their own replacement.

Pattern

Obsolescence — The work goes, and standing goes with it.

Note

Obsolescence written from inside a profession that still exists, still pays, and knows exactly how long it has.


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