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them all thinking on one target. Boom. Done. The enemy is
thought out of existence.”
“It didn’t disappear completely.” Woodrow, arms resting on
his knees, narrowed his eyes at the paused image. He was not
as impulsive as his colleague but he was impressed. “I’ll grant
you it was damn close. This could usher in a whole new
generation of warfare.”
“Or peace,” Ambrose reminded them.
“You’re all reaching,” Mark Hyashi interjected. “That man
wasn’t manipulating a solid object. We’re a long way from
medical or military relevance without that.”
“I wasn’t serious,” Jerry snorted. “If this could be applied
that way, I’d be the first to invest. We’ve never even
considered that any of these people are close to physical
manipulation. What do you think about it, Ambrose?”
“I think we’re fighting wars with drones and robots. Soon
everyone else will be, too.” Ambrose said. “If our people
could interfere with our enemies’ software programs, drone
controls, perhaps even the minds of the operators, we would
change the landscape forever. Engaging in war would be
futile.”
“Speaking of our enemies – or even some of our friends –
they’ll have this as soon as we do if not sooner. They’ll steal it
or pay for it and they’ll have us over a barrel,” Woodrow
noted. “We’d do the same if they had anything close to
workable.”
“Nothing is ever simple,” Ambrose pointed out. “Nor is it
foolproof. We already know that governments around the
world are watching that young lady, but she is our citizen and
that gives us an edge. She and her intelligent friends think they
will cure cancer, feed the starving, and change the climate. We
see that it can be used for so much more. Unlike Miss
America, we will not just hope for world peace, we will some
day assure it by wiping a brain’s ability to hate. It is doable.
We must take steps to make sure this and other advances are