January 11th, 2011 by zen
A popular and respected Democratic member of...
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January 2nd, 2011 by zen
Liberal-left economist Brad DeLong knew...
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August 1st, 2010 by zen
Small “r” republican virtue, to...
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May 17th, 2010 by zen
Big Brother on the Make….or perhaps,...
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April 20th, 2010 by zen
Two items: RAND emeritus David Ronfeldt called...
Read morePosted in 4GW, 5GW, America, Blogroll, cognition, complexity, david ronfeldt, defense, education, Epistemology, freedom, freeplay, futurism, government, horizontal thinking, ideas, intellectuals, leadership, liberty, metacognition, national security, philosophy, psychology, resilience, risk, scenario, security, society, teaching, theory, uncertainty, vertical thinking | 5 comments