Archive for the 'complex systems'

• 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

• “The Enemy of my Enemy is…?”

July 22nd, 2010 by zen

Posted in complex systems, connectivity, ideas, network theory, networks, non-state actors, Perception, primary loyalties, psychology, Questions, science, social networks, social science, society, strategy, theory, tribes | Comments Off on “The Enemy of my Enemy is…?”

• John Robb at BoingBoing

June 15th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 4GW, 5GW, America, analytic, authors, brave new war, complex systems, dystopia, economics, Evolution, Failed State, ideas, innovation, insurgency, intellectuals, john robb, legitimacy, Mexico, national security, non-state actors, open-source, resilience, robb, security, society, superempowered individuals, theory, transnational criminal organization, Viral, war, warriors | 9 comments

• Expanding the Antilibrary

May 19th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 2010, academia, authors, book, cognition, COIN, cold war, complex systems, complexity, counterinsurgency, counterintuitive, creativity, economics, education, empire, Evolution, historians, history, ideas, illegal combatants, insurgency, intellectuals, intelligence, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, legitimacy, military, military history, public school, readers, reading, reform, scenario, social science, teaching, terrorism, theory, war | 10 comments

• Creativity in the IC – Or the Lack of It

March 28th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, art hutchinson, bias, CIA, cognition, complex systems, complexity, connectivity, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, Epistemology, framing, futurism, government, horizontal thinking, IC, ideas, insight, intellectuals, intelligence, medici effect, metacognition, military intelligence, national security, Perception, psychology, scenario, social science, society, synthesis, theory | 6 comments