This kind of restores my faith in humanity a little

[stilltrucking]

Drone pilots have higher levels of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than those fighting in the combat zone.

http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=8515

[Arcadia]

This episode illustrates the serious risks involved in the use of drones, which many law experts see as violating rules of war.... rules of war??

[stilltrucking]

war games
virtual reality
hyper-reality

there is a risk of developing a ‘Playstation’ mentality to it.

[mnaz]

exactly.
there's a reason for all those violent, reflex-sharpening video games.

and all those explosion-filled and/or sword/slasher movies that come out of hollywood. empire don't come cheap. never has.

gotta have the right skills and mentality for it... gotta have the bodies. and the mind..

[stilltrucking]

I don't know mark, For some reason I am thinking of what a Bokonist would say "Busy Busy busy" re: Vonnegut Cat's Cradle

Busy, busy, busy is what a Bokononist whispers "whenever [he] thinks about how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is." [ 32 ]

I spent a couple hours trying to track down the actual numbers but I could not find a source for his statement about the drone pilots and ptsd. I can't find any studies to back him up.

This is the only thing that comes close

Ghosts in the Machine
Do remote-control war pilots get combat stress?

http://www.slate.com/id/2197238/

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