Drones do tend to distort our estimation of what we know and what we can control on the battlefield (the soda straw effect). As such, their use can lead to bad outcomes. With ground forces and manned aircraft, the risk to American lives forces us to think deeply about costs and consequences. Not so with drones.
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Drones do tend to distort our estimation of what we know and what we can control on the battlefield (the soda straw effect). As such, their use can lead to bad outcomes. With ground forces and manned aircraft, the risk to American lives forces us to think deeply about costs and consequences. Not so with drones.
A viewer has to be able to suspend their disbelief first. Acting and plotting are somewhat secondary to that basic requirement.
A viewer has to be able to suspend their disbelief first. Acting and plotting are somewhat secondary to that basic requirement.
Yep, the "humans invented murder" meme pisses me off. It's a false conclusion drawn from an anthropocentric worldview. Many animals assault, kill and even consume others of their species for various reasons.
Yep, the "humans invented murder" meme pisses me off. It's a false conclusion drawn from an anthropocentric worldview. Many animals assault, kill and even consume others of their species for various reasons.
A few quibbles with an otherwise great episode:
How in the hell does one generator (I'm assuming natural gas driven) power half of Manhattan?
Sure to come up in the post-crisis investigation: why wasn't Grand Central evacuated at some point, and why didn't Tactical provide any support?
A few quibbles with an otherwise great episode:
How in the hell does one generator (I'm assuming natural gas driven) power half of Manhattan?
Sure to come up in the post-crisis investigation: why wasn't Grand Central evacuated at some point, and why didn't Tactical provide any support?
Au contraire, I found this episode much more exciting than the last. Being publicly challenged shades these characters in interesting ways. The stakes and motivations were also clearer than is usually the case in this series.
Au contraire, I found this episode much more exciting than the last. Being publicly challenged shades these characters in interesting ways. The stakes and motivations were also clearer than is usually the case in this series.
Did anyone else know that Peter Capaldi was in a punk band with Craig Ferguson back in the day? Apparently he also came up with Bing Hitler.
Did anyone else know that Peter Capaldi was in a punk band with Craig Ferguson back in the day? Apparently he also came up with Bing Hitler.
Rubicon's wasn't a spy agency so much as a think-tank - purely analysis and reporting. No operational or intelligence gathering capability. It was probably modeled on RAND.
Rubicon's wasn't a spy agency so much as a think-tank - purely analysis and reporting. No operational or intelligence gathering capability. It was probably modeled on RAND.
First - no one knows the scale of Parrish's plan until Gary finds Skylar. All they have are Rachel's vague NSA intercepts.
First - no one knows the scale of Parrish's plan until Gary finds Skylar. All they have are Rachel's vague NSA intercepts.
"The Soul Train awards were tonight.."
"The Soul Train awards were tonight.."
The writers probably chose DoD because it's a bureaucratic black box to most viewers, whereas FBI is more visible to Americans (from decades of television). Rosen's team is pretty irregular, so I don't know how important a background check would be. But yes, the writers are being a little cagey about pursuing her…
The writers probably chose DoD because it's a bureaucratic black box to most viewers, whereas FBI is more visible to Americans (from decades of television). Rosen's team is pretty irregular, so I don't know how important a background check would be. But yes, the writers are being a little cagey about pursuing her…