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"Daylight, all right, I don't know, I don't know if it's realBeen a long night, and something ain't right." --Head Games, Foreigner, 1979 The article, "Cognitive Warfare: The Fight for Gray Matter in the Digital Gray Zone," delves into a domain of warfare that, while intangible, is as formidable as any physical battlefront. Cognitive warfare …
Reading a bit recently and came across Max Weber's theories on rationalization, bureaucracy, and the concept of the "Stahlhartes Gehäuse" (iron case or literally steel-hard casing). Honestly, it was the first I had heard of it, but the more I learned, the more I started to ponder how might this concept pertain to the United …
I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record Oh, yeah? Well, don't get so distressed Did I happen to mention that I’m impressed —Violent Femmes, Kiss Off, 1983 In the realm of leadership, the word "defiant" often carries a negative connotation—suggesting stubbornness or rebellion against authority. However, when viewed through …
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I have followed Jordan Peterson for years and enjoyed his early work on the balance between chaos and order (he seems a bit angry over the past 3 years or so). During my dissertation, I was introduced to Iain McGilchrist's work on the divided brain, which I found fascinating. This led me to a recorded …
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For years, I have enjoyed reading anything I could find by the Stoic philosophers - Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius. Their insights on cultivating reason, resilience, and inner tranquility in the face of life's difficulties resonated deeply with me. But while pursuing my doctorate, I also became fascinated by the existentialist thinkers like Sartre, Camus, and …
A few weeks ago, a colleague shared the attached PDF with me. Given my background as a padiwan philosopher and a recovering punk rocker, I initially found it intriguing and somewhat amusing. However, as I began delving deeper into its contents, my fascination grew. So, perhaps we commence our exploration from the top, specifically focusing …
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A fun podcast with an “old” friend Andy Christiansen and Tenacious https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tenacious/id1490371118?i=1000612985496 About our guest, Dr. Bill DeMarco. His life’s work: “To be highly knowledgeable, capable and hungry in leading and supporting the people I live and work with and to lead others in powerful and effective uses of vision casting, strategy, and history….And to …
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99 knights of the airRide super high-tech jet fightersEveryone's a superheroEveryone's a Captain KirkWith orders to identifyTo clarify and classifyScrambling the summer sky99 red balloons go by -Nena AMC Commander Gen. Mike Minihan, in his now infamous, 1 Feb 23 two-page internal memo ordered leadership under his command to work to ensure units are as …
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