A FESTIVAL OF 5GW FUN<\/b><\/p>\n
Younghusband<\/strong> of <\/strong>Coming Anarchy<\/strong> <\/a>has an excellent post <\/a>that works off of Dan<\/strong> of tdaxp’s<\/strong> ( see links below) on 5GW warfare. A Nice essay that was linked to by John Robb<\/strong> <\/a>as well. Here’s is a snippet:<\/p>\n “Al Qaeda started off as a dense network of highly connected individuals that conducted training etc in the hills of Afghanistan. Once they were smashed by the US and ran to the hills the amount of direct control held by bin Laden diminished greatly. Direct interaction was replaced by globally distributed passive communication that outlined the group\u2019s objectives, and an even more distributed network was left on their own to do what they can for \u201cthe cause\u201d: we had the disappearance of Al Qaeda the \u201cterrorist organization\u201d, and the appearance of Al Qaeda the \u201cmovement.\u201d There were all sorts of groups that stood up to claim membership to the greater network of AQ after committing some act. Look at \u201cAl Qaeda in Iraq\u201d and other regional franchises of the organization. Copycat groups like the London bombers also appeared.<\/p>\n Now, maybe a core organization of Al Qaeda still exists, but there seems to be a much more loose global community surrounding the AQ idea. This begs the question: could AQ 2.0, or even some future \u201cterrorist organization\u201d, be the result of an emergent community? Emergence is a bottom-up organization of complex systems, where a \u201cnumber of agents operate in an environment, forming more complex behaviours as a collective.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Read the whole thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n Further 5GW Links<\/strong>:<\/p>\n TDAXP:<\/strong> Dreaming 5th Generation War<\/a><\/p>\n Go Deep<\/a><\/p>\n ZENPUNDIT<\/strong><\/p>\n Fifth Generation War in the OODA Loop <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Unto the Fifth Generation Of War<\/a><\/p>\n PHATIC COMMUNION<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Soundlessness and Formlessness<\/a><\/p>\n