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Many future-of-war theorists believe that conflict will rarely involve the physical any longer, but rather attempts to "win" without seizing direct physical control over people and territory.

Distributed rather than concentrated systems are more survivable and secure. They can even render an attack pointless -- not unlike striking a hologram.

Security and the 'Holographic Society'

Distributed rather than concentrated systems are more survivable and secure. They can even render an attack pointless -- like striking a hologram.

Sony

SONY CORPORATION

The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY

The Washington Post

GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY

The cyber world is dissolving distinctions between war and non-war, between what's "inside" a country and what's outside it, between the state and society. In fact, the very distinction between the virtual and physical worlds is itself dissolving. So perhaps we ought to be thinking about security in the physical world as we do in cyber.

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Security and the 'Holographic Society'