Archive for the 'networks'

• Thought Experiment

April 22nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, culture, democracy, dystopia, economics, education, Evolution, feedback, fun, futurism, government, hierarchy, humor, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, legitimacy, Liberalism, logic, networks, Oligarchy, politics, reform, Republic, scenario, social networks, society, theory | 39 comments

• More Mackinlay – On Why the USG Doesn’t “Get” AQ as a “Global Insurgency”

April 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, America, analytic, army, book, britain, COIN, connectivity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, defense, DIME, Epistemology, extremists, foreign policy, government, hierarchy, history, IC, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, military, military reform, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, primary loyalties, security, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, theory, tribes, virtual states, war, warriors, web 2.0 | 9 comments

• Freedom(TM) by Suarez

March 23rd, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, authors, book, Collaboration, complex systems, connectivity, culture, cyberpunk, Cyberwar, Failed State, fiction, fun, futurism, ideas, john robb, networks, reading, resilience, science fiction, shlok, social networks, society, web 2.0 | 3 comments

• Even a Dancing Fool Can be a Leader

March 8th, 2010 by zen

Posted in attention, brain, cognition, complex systems, counterintuitive, culture, framing, freeplay, fun, global guerillas, humor, ideas, insight, john robb, leadership, metacognition, mob, music, network theory, networks, Perception, psychology, social networks, society, soft power, theory, web 2.0, youtube | 11 comments

• Reflecting on Neo-COIN and the Global Insurgency, Part I.

February 27th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islamic world, islamist, john nagl, kilcullen, mideast, military, military reform, national security, network theory, networks, non-state actors, politics, social networks, social science, strategy, Strategy and War, terrorism, Theology, theory, tribes, war | 13 comments