Force XXI: The flight to objectivity that leaves the body in pain.

摘要

A new Army warfighting concept, called Force XXI, seeks to give military commanders more control over the battlefield by providing them with a more complete, real-time picture of the battle through the use of automation technology. Force XXI signals not just a continuation of the Army's trend towards automation, which has been used in military operations since WW II, but a disturbing shift away from material knowledge towards a model of knowledge based in the Cartesian mind/body split. This split poses particular hazards for the military, hazards that lead to the disintegration of the same military force that the Army is trying to represent and control through this new concept.