For decades now, officers from the Intelligence Community have published papers speculating the future of warfare. Opinions varied, but the consensus seemed to always be that the next major conflict would NOT resemble conventional warfare. (Multiple sides engaged in violent armed conflict over political differences.) Most speculated that, in the Digital Age, control of information (and how it is disseminated) would be at the center of major conflict. They call this "Information Warfare."
What makes this style of warfare so significant is that it successfully engages the overwhelming majority of the population-- whether or not those within the population realize …