In his book, “Death Rays and Delusions,” Dr. Gerold Yonas explains how he found himself thrust into a high stakes world of generals and politicians, international intrigue, multibillion dollar budgets, laser beams and nuclear annihilation as he faced a mind-boggling assignment–creating a high-tech shield in space to defend America from attack.
In this autobiographical narrative about the end of the Cold War, Yonas gives a firsthand account of the creation and evolution of the Star Wars beam weapon program. Having served as the first chief scientist and acting deputy director for Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as the “Star Wars” program, Yonas traces the strange, ironic and humorous events of his career as “Reagan’s Ray Gun.” He offers insight into the end of the Cold War, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the political, military and scientific machinations taking place in the background.
Exploring a time characterized by chaos and confusion, politics and public relations, delusions and deceptions, Yonas reflects on the modern lessons from this era and shares his unique perspective on what happens when science and politics collide.
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Leaving decision making to AI removes all personal responsibility for the outcome.
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AI assisted collectives with a high integrity coach are needed to make wise decisions to deal with today’s chaos of wicked problems.
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Regarding your suggestion that we need an updated Solarium 2 exercise to establish US policy, where are the high-integrity coaches to be found? Certainly not in the current administration!
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In my yet to be published novel, Gabi emerges as a leader, but the psych Sunli creates another but totally evil collective. The outcome of the novel and the real world will depend on individuals.
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