Episode · Interesting Times · 2026-05-28

Books mentioned on How A.I. and Autonomous Weapons Will Shape Future War | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

1 book · With Christian Brose · Watch on YouTube

The future of high-tech warfare has arrived. Just look to the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran to see how much drones and robots have remade the modern battlefield.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

1. 

   The Lord of the Rings

   John Ronald Reuel Tolkien · at 18:09 · mentioned 2 times

   The Lord of the Rings by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is an epic high fantasy masterpiece that follows the perilous quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron.

   Discussed

   “So having a military industrial company named for something in Lord of the Rings is something that you obviously have in common with Palantir”

   Ross Douthat How A.I. and Autonomous Weapons Will Shape Future War | Interesting Ti… 2026-05-28 Listen at 18:09

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