Archive for the 'complex systems'

• 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

• Arquilla on the New Rules of War

February 25th, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 4GW, 9/11, academia, Afghanistan, Air Force, al qaida, America, army, authors, Cebrowski, complex systems, connectivity, david ronfeldt, defense, foreign policy, futurism, government, hierarchy, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, john arquilla, military, military reform, national security, navy, network theory, Network-centric Warfare, networks, non-state actors, organizations, robotics, social networks, theory, war | 6 comments

• Books For a Near Future Review

January 21st, 2010 by zen

Posted in 21st century, analytic, authors, book, business, capitalism, complex systems, complexity, computers, connectivity, corporations, criminals, Cyberwar, economics, government, IC, ideas, IntelFusion, intellectuals, intelligence, international law, national security, networks, non-state actors, OSINT, reading, security, society, strategy, terrorism, theory, transnational criminal organization, Viral, virtual states, war, web 2.0 | 9 comments

• Three Short Reviews

August 26th, 2009 by zen

Posted in ancient history, art, authors, book, byzantium, complex systems, complexity, creativity, empire, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, military history, network theory, networks, open-source, organizations, panarchy, power laws, reading, science, social networks, social science, society, synthesis, theory, Uncategorized | 2 comments