Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection (Lowery 2023) - Weekend Book Review

Welcome to Revise and Resubmit, where we dissect big ideas, break them down to their core, and put them back together—stronger, sharper, and ready for real-world impact. This is our Weekend Book Review, where we go beyond the words on the page and into the minds shaping our future.Today, we take on a book that challenges everything we thought we knew about power, security, and even Bitcoin itself. Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection by Major Jason Paul Lowery isn’t just about cryptocurrency—it’s about a new way to think about war, control, and the digital battlefield. What if proof-of-work technology like Bitcoin wasn’t just a financial tool but a weapon in the fight for global dominance?Lowery doesn’t just theorize from the sidelines. As a US Space Force officer and a National Defense Fellow at MIT, his career is built on understanding how technology shapes military strategy. In Softwar, he argues that Bitcoin isn’t just a currency—it’s a form of power projection, a way to impose real-world costs on digital adversaries. By drawing from biology, psychology, political science, and military strategy, he paints a bold vision of how nations might secure their most valuable digital assets—not with walls or firewalls, but with the raw, unbreakable force of computation itself.It’s a radical idea, one that forces us to reconsider what security means in the 21st century. If physical power still rules the world, what happens when that power shifts into cyberspace?Thank you, Major Jason Paul Lowery, for this groundbreaking work. If you found today’s discussion thought-provoking, don’t forget to subscribe to Revise and Resubmit on Spotify, Amazon Prime Music, and Apple Podcasts. You can also find us on YouTube at Weekend Researcher. Until next time—keep questioning, keep revising, and never settle for easy answers.ReferenceLowery, J. P. (2023). Softwar: A Novel Theory on Power Projection and the National Strategic Significance of Bitcoin (Master Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/153030/lowery-jplowery-sm-sdm-2023-thesis.pdfNational Strategic Significance of Bitcoin by Jason P. Lowery @ 2023 MIT Bitcoin Expohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgBvr6InEpkThe Future of Warfare | Jason Lowery | TEDxDAUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spDS7q6uRkYYoutube channel link https://www.youtube.com/@weekendresearcherSupport us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/weekendresearcher