This question was raised during a few rounds of cyber tennis between two experts on 4th generation warfare, Chet Richards and John Robb — posting at their websites Defense and the National Interest and Global Guerrillas. This being an open game in which any number can play, this post discusses one aspect of their debate. …
Are Americans easily panicked cowards? I think not, but many experts disagree. Read More »
Summary: Why has American’s mental processing become so dysfunctional? As described by John Boyd, our OODA loop: observation, orientation, decision, action. It no longer seems to work properly? One problem is that so much of our collective wisdom is locked away, unread.  Only by uncaring scholars. And sometimes by children. As we see in this passage from …
Dr. Gulliver explains why America has become so fearful of the future Read More »
Climate change, peak oil, 4GW, social decay, ecological collapse, economic collapse, pandemics of new and old diseases … The doomsters seem to have taken control of our newspapers, as the list goes on and on, raising the question “How can civilization survive until next week?” Imagine picking up the morning paper, coffee cup in hand. …
