Of joking relationships
The (potential) role of Anthropology operating with the military has been a topic of rather heated discussion for some time. In some cases, the reactions by Anthropologists have been close to witch...
View ArticleStructure and Function in Information Operations
In my last post, I laid out what I consider to be the start of developing a theory of Information Operations (IO). Most of that post deals with an attempt to crate a definition of IO. In the end, the...
View ArticleSilo’s, Technology and Professions
In a recent blog entry, Matt Armstrong draws on the recent thread on Information Operations at SWC and on some of my posts on the topic and, towards the end, asks some really good questions. are we...
View Article“make the case for ‘Culture’”
“The question comes down to how we can as artists make the case to Canadians that the arts deserves healthy vigorous funding,” S. Randy Boyagoda, a novelist and a professor of literature based at...
View ArticleEvangelists and evangelical networks
Galrahn over at Information Dissemination, just produced another brilliant piece on the realities of 21st century networks called The Challenges of the 21st Century Conversation. While the subject of...
View ArticleWhat is “harm”?
One of the nice things about being a pessimistic romantic is that one can still have a sense of wonder about everyday things. That sense of wonder kicked in again today upon reading a very nice, plain...
View ArticleRule of Law?
Q: Since when are university regents “administrative officials performing functions analogous to those of judges and prosecutors” (quoted here)? A: Since July 7th, 2009. This quote, from Chief Denver...
View ArticleWhat is “leadership”?
This is a question that has been gnawing at me for some time now. Recently, two totally different events came together for me, and I wanted to take some time to reflect on what it might be. Event 1...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing the Army Capstone Concept
The 2009 Army Capstone Concept will be released on Dec. 21, but until then, Brig. Gen. H.R. McMaster, director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center’s Concepts Development and Experimentation...
View ArticleAn important letter on the state of science
This letter if from Harold Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Here is his letter of resignation to Curtis G. Callan Jr, Princeton University, President...
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