May 16th, 2013 by zen
I have been reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s...
Read morePosted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, Afghanistan, africa, analytic, antifragile, COIN, complex systems, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, Foreign Internal Defense, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, law enforcement, Mexico, military, national security, non-state actors, open-source, organizations, society, state failure, Strategy and War, synthesis, terrorism, theory, war | 19 comments
May 14th, 2013 by zen
From the State Department Human Rights Report on...
Read morePosted in #FAIL, America, barack obama, dystopia, government, liberty | 16 comments
May 13th, 2013 by zen
WIRED magazine so far is the only outlet to...
Read morePosted in 21st century, America, Creepy-state, dictator, dystopia, extremists, Failed State, government, internet, Oligarchy, state failure, tech, threat, totalitarianism | 39 comments
March 6th, 2013 by zen
Sixty years ago one of the greatest monsters in...
Read morePosted in 19th century, 20th century, Communism, criminals, dictator, dystopia, europe, extremists, Failed State, historians, history, politics, soviet union, stalin, state terrorism, terrorism, Uncategorized, war | 5 comments
February 16th, 2013 by zen
John is en fuego today: Life in a Networked Age...
Read morePosted in dystopia, economic determinism, economics, futurism, globalization, ideas, intellectuals, john robb, network theory, networks, non-state actors, open-source, robb, social networks, social science, society, theory | 3 comments