“I still feel strange being called a writer”
I would love to see the collected speeches of Colin Powell.
“The strange charm of its primitive political vitality”
What do you think? Can love bloom on a battlefield?
The Revolution Will Be Televised
If the mission doesn’t support an information goal or strategy, then what is the point?
Gallows humor, smell-triggered memories, and administrative betrayal
No one tells you the toll this thing is going to take.
The Global Engagement Center, Media Bias, and Creating Content for #1
The Cognitive Crucible continues to crank out compelling content.
Plan Your Own War
Do you do planning for others? Then you should do planning for yourself.
Social Sciences as Sorcery (Complete)
Excerpts from Stanislav Andreski’s book “Social Sciences as Sorcery.”
A Blue-Collar Approach to Assessments
It’s good to see folks trying different methods, experimenting.
The Importance of a Daily Writing Practice
How do I know what I think till I see what I say?
A return to jahiliyyah
I against my brother. My brother and I against my cousin. And my cousin and I against a stranger.
For Whom the Bell Tolls, pt. 1
“When you go to war as a boy, you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed, not you… Then, when you are badly wounded the first time, you lose that illusion.”
A ‘crystal ball’ for info warfare
In the current, digitized world, trivial information is accumulating every second, preserved in all its triteness.
(More) Social Sciences as Sorcery – vague associations
Beware the weaponization of benign information.
(More) Social Sciences as Sorcery – on socialization
“Illiterate peasants have many apt proverbs to illustrate this piece of folk wisdom.”
“There is no universal algorithm for human behavior”
Humans are more important than hardware.
(More) Social Sciences as Sorcery – “the gravest kind of danger”
But it looks so impressive on a graph.
This isn’t about Twitter
I had some positive feedback this week on a nearly decade old post about social media and my desire to use it less. Just about everyone has a relationship with social media these days. It’s an evergreen topic. You can always write about social media the way playwrights can always write plays about the theater.…
(More) Social Sciences as Sorcery – grandma’s wisdom
You learned the best psychology from your grnadmother and the schoolyard.
(More) Social Sciences as Sorcery – the pseduo-science of counting
How much does a mango cost in Kabul?
(More) Social Sciences as Sorcery – jargon and frameworks
Beware those who are hyperfocused on methedology, frameworks, and jargon.
What is hybrid warfare?
Is ‘hybrid warfare’ a real thing or just something people say to sound smart?
The things that didn’t make it
Sometimes things get too real. And other times, there’s just not enough space on the disc.
“If you have a phone, you can be a resistance fighter.”
War. War never changes. Except when it does.
Become an insider
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Behaviors shape Attitudes
You tend to have stronger attitudes if you have skin in the game.
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Carrying the Gun 