While my own personal dystopian vision of the future has yet to materialize, for those of us living in air-conditioned homes with broadband access at least, when it does, you better head for the stars. The logical extension of the arms race, which continues in spirit and technology long after the death of the Cold War, is a breed of tiny, personalized weapons systems. Mass destruction concealed in the palm of your hand.

While I’ve always thought it would make a good absurdist play, suburban families out BBQing while showing off their personal WMD systems, we might want to address the issue before getting nuked by our neighbors. People, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the only way to avoid Armageddon is for us to learn to have fun with weapons. Good old fashioned fun. With non-lethal weapons we can kick the shit out of each other, but nobody dies. How fun! Egomaniacs that lead countries all over the world can participate in thier own virtual annihilation games, laughing all the while! When their armies are immobilized by Bubble Yum traps, the Lawrence Welk-a-tron, or the Bowel-Buster Sonic Ray, its back to the drawing board.

All this fun, coupled with Robo-buddy, which I’m thinking will be like your own personal Sancho Panza, or Sam Gamgee, makes for a future worth waking up in.

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