Everybody is looking for the next big war. Earlier today Galrahn tweeted a link to a story about China v. Japan in a territorial dispute. This has been a pet theory of mine that the next big war will be…
Category: Politics
Apparent differences in political messaging tactics and effects on the population
I have a hypothesis that I doubt I can prove nor do I really have time to engage in the research, but thought like many half-baked ideas I’d let the larger community judge them and even take them up. I…
Aligning strategy to goals in cyber warfare
First, there is no such thing as cyber warfare. There is war in the cyber domain and cyber will likely be an adjunct in the future towards other aims of war. Much like air, land and sea conflicts are adjuncts…
An ode to Andy Marshall the strategist
He is an anachronism as the current longest-serving government leader. He is Andrew Marshall the strategist not the footballer and like a ghostly figment he haunts my studies and thoughts. As the head of the Office of a Net Assessment…
Words matter
This is a little bit of a rant. I have been noticing an increase in over the top marketing language. We have revolutionary new products. We have wars on everything from drugs to Christmas. We see it and hear it…
Some effects of technology on music and protest
Abstract This paper discusses the issues of technology, music, and the intersection with social movements such as protest. Relying heavily on discussion of the guitar and music hall as examples where technology has created radical change the discussion centers on…
The unexpected bias of the DIME model and why “I” matters
A few years ago I was doing some writing and I found a discussion of a model called DIME. At the time the model was explained as the mechanisms of national power and was an acronym for diplomacy, information, military,…
Pseudonymity to technofascism
The current pseudo intellectualism surrounding all things-designated cyber is appalling in the entirety of lack of understanding all things-designated cyber. Intellectualism and discussion of the taxonomical and semantical constructs does not solve the operational needs and currently does not drive…
Fiction: After the debt ceiling
The following is purely fictional and speculation and to long to really read. It does not represent anything other than an attempt to use one pattern to identify a future pattern in a totally different set of situations. That means…
Forging the future from the scraps of yesterday and the hopes of tomorrow
It is interesting to me when I see people with grand visions of the future of computing. I enjoy the excitement of some relatively arcane conceptual leap somebody makes regarding technology. I just rarely share that excitement. Most people when…
The collision of small wars and cyber wars is not a wikileaked Internet
What is cyber warfare? The term sent around the Internet like some kind of rhetorical catch all for computing abuse is nearing on useless. There are concepts that are inclusive of cyber warfare and what it likely means. If we…
Wikileaks: Admirals in armchairs not realizing they are in fifth generation war
Admiral Mullen (Joint Chiefs of Staff) tweeted “Meant what I said: Mr. Assange & his source might already have on their hands the blood of our troops or that of our Afghan partners.” I have some issues with this comment.…
If I was czar for a day: Poking stakeholders is fun
The new cyber coordinator position (AKA cyber czar) as described is a position with no real authority, lots of responsibility, and minimal resources. In most worldly views this is an abhorrent lack of command and control for the cyber security…
Oh no my parents joined FaceBook: Where lame 20 something’s blindly blather like the idioterati
Seeing this meme roll through the Web 2.0 sphere as shocked and horrified stories of adult children are arrogantly disgusted that their social activities are ousted to their parents is hilarious. What isn’t so hilarious is the whimsical childishness of…
Assessing the information onslaught of protests and terrorist attacks via social media
When the terrorist attacks occurred in Mumbai local media was able to report extensively as it occurred. Social media pundits were able to analyze and evaluate the different channels of communication. Social media tools like Twitter with near real time…