Of particular note are four of Singer’s books, which their publishers describe as follows:
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Several of his books appear in the CNO PRP, as well as on the professional reading lists of other military services. Singer is considered widely to be the premier scholar on all things futuristic, including drones, cyber warfare, and the weaponization of social media. One way for sailors to prepare for the strategic challenges of the future is to read what the world’s foremost thinkers and futurists have written. Reading professionally relevant books will help Sailors develop as leaders of character who are strategically minded critical thinkers and skilled naval and joint warfighters, capable of meeting the operational and strategic challenges of the future.” The formal mission statement underpinning the CNO PRP reads as follows: “The mission of the Chief of Naval Operations Professional Reading Program is to assist Sailors on their career-long path of personal development in the naval profession.
Our creations are now acting in and upon the world without us. Jackson of the Naval War College is the Program Manager for the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Professional Reading Program (PRP).įrom the robot vacuum cleaner that patrols my floors to the unmanned planes that my friends in the Air Force use to patrol the skies, humanity has started to engineer technologies that are fundamentally different from all before.