The Threadonomist

Issue 02 · War & the Mind

Shell shock, cheaply

Ukraine says its drone units recorded more than 800,000 strikes by mid-June. Their battlefield effects are counted in real time; the injuries that follow are not.

Cheap drones are making guided explosions abundant. Battlefield ledgers record the obvious damage; they reveal less about brain injury and how much control has moved into software.

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Previously

Machine, heal thyself

Two 2026 trials show that medical AI can improve the record and amplify bad advice. The contest is over who controls the lessons.

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