Archive for the 'politics'

• John Seely Brown: “The Power of Pull”

November 1st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, analytic, authors, cognition, complex systems, connectivity, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, education, Epistemology, futurism, hagel, hierarchy, ideas, innovation, intellectuals, intelligence, leadership, metacognition, networks, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, public school, social networks, social science, society, soft power, theory | Comments Off on John Seely Brown: “The Power of Pull”

• How to Run a War Room

October 31st, 2010 by zen

Posted in analogy, attention, britain, cognition, elections, ideas, intellectuals, IO, john boyd, metacognition, organizations, Perception, politics, psychology, social science, society, strategy, Tactics, theory | 1 comment

• Guest Post: McCormick on CIA Leviathan Wakes up and Hunts Ishmael

October 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in America, analytic, authors, book, chicago boyz, CIA, dystopia, Failed State, government, IC, intelligence, legal, legitimacy, Oligarchy, politics, reform, Republic, society, state failure | Comments Off on Guest Post: McCormick on CIA Leviathan Wakes up and Hunts Ishmael

• Guest Post: Mexico, Africa, Zarqawi?

October 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 5GW, academia, africa, al qaida, analytic, anthropology, Charles Cameron, christianity, counterinsurgency, criminals, cultural intelligence, culture, dystopia, emotion, extremists, gangs, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, iraq, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, Mexico, myth, non-state actors, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, society, state failure, synthesis, terrorism, Theology, theory, transnational criminal organization, tribes, war, warriors, youtube | 5 comments

• Guest Post: The United States of Islam

October 26th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analogy, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, chicago boyz, cultural intelligence, culture, disinformation, emotion, extremists, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, IO, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, mideast, myth, non-state actors, pakistan, Perception, politics, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology | Comments Off on Guest Post: The United States of Islam