By Futurist Thomas Frey
The defense budget of the United States exceeds $800 billion annually—more than the next ten countries combined. We’re told this spending keeps us safe, maintains technological superiority, and supports our troops. But AI analysis of defense spending patterns is revealing something far different: a system where accountability has been systematically eliminated, where cost overruns are features rather than bugs, and where the relationship between spending and actual defense capability has become almost impossible to trace.
The awakening in defense contracting isn’t about questioning whether we need a military—we do. It’s about revealing that we’re paying vastly more than necessary for capabilities we often don’t receive, while the complexity of the system makes it nearly impossible for even well-intentioned oversight to function.
This isn’t speculation. AI is now analyzing decades of contract data, and what it’s revealing should alarm every taxpayer regardless of their views on defense policy.
Continue reading… “The Awakening Series Part 7: Defense and Military Contracting—The Accountability Vacuum”