Archive for August, 2010

• Recommended Reading

August 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in recommended reading, recommended viewing | 2 comments

• The Strategist as Demiurge

August 7th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, academia, analytic, anthropology, cognition, creativity, cultural intelligence, culture, DIME, education, Epistemology, horizontal thinking, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, intelligence, metacognition, military, military reform, psychology, small wars journal, social science, SSI, strategist, strategy, Strategy and War, swj blog, synthesis, teaching, theory, vertical thinking, war | 10 comments

• Reminder: Chicago Boyz Roundtable – Defeat in Afghanistan? The View from 2050

August 5th, 2010 by zen

Posted in Afghanistan, al qaida, America, chicago boyz, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, Failed State, futurism, history, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, lexington green, military, non-state actors, pakistan, strategy, Strategy and War, tribes, war | Comments Off on Reminder: Chicago Boyz Roundtable – Defeat in Afghanistan? The View from 2050

• Excessive Complexity = FAIL

August 3rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, America, analytic, complex systems, complexity, economics, government, rule-sets, social science, society, state failure, visualization | 33 comments

• Some New Additions…..

August 3rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in academia, attention, authors, book, byzantium, COIN, fiction, personal, readers, reading, science fiction, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, Tactics, Uncategorized, war, warriors, william gibson | 8 comments