Book review of Scales by Christopher Hinz (opens in new tab)

War, what is it good for? Not a lot, but depressingly it is a real driver of innovation. What better way to inspire the greatest minds in the country than to task them with more efficient ways to kill the enemy? Arms races happen all over the place from conventional gun and bullets to newer types of warfare like AI and social media. You even have bizzarro experiments like telepathic goats. There will be labs somewhere that are experimenting with animal/human hybrids, some for medical reasons,...