Sunday, July 28, 2019
Well, if this is what it takes....
Via Eurekalert, a lunatic way of accomplishing a simple task.
Headline: To prevent another world war, researcher suggests changing how we think
TO PREVENT A WAR, DON'T START A WAR.
It doesn't require a complex mathematical model. It's EXTREMELY FUCKING SIMPLE.
NEVER ATTACK. ALWAYS DEFEND.
More specifically, DON'T LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO WANT YOU TO ATTACK. Don't listen to Adelson. Don't listen to Soros. Don't listen to Bolton. Don't listen to Israel. Don't listen to Saudi.
There. That's all the math you need.
But if the Army has to reach the simple goal by this lunatic path, then I'm okay with it.
Via Eurekalert, a lunatic way of accomplishing a simple task.
Headline: To prevent another world war, researcher suggests changing how we think
"Adversaries think in such terms, you either get what you want, or you do not," West said. "Can a different way of thinking produce a different outcome? If either/or is the only way of thinking then a person would be either a protagonist or an antagonist, but in reality a person can be both, either, or neither, and often is. Recognizing that opens the door to novel solutions."In other words,
The authors suggest that by using both/and thinking a dynamic resolution can be achieved. The Army has initiated this strategy with the introduction of the gray zone, in which an adversary's aggressive acts do not warrant a war response, but neither can they be interpreted as peaceful and benign. Responses to acts in the gray zone, challenge traditional either/or thinking, requiring an appropriate measured and yet unpredictable response. On an individual level, this translates into an understanding that a basically selfish individual can also be a hero, a consequence of the complexity of being human.
TO PREVENT A WAR, DON'T START A WAR.
It doesn't require a complex mathematical model. It's EXTREMELY FUCKING SIMPLE.
NEVER ATTACK. ALWAYS DEFEND.
More specifically, DON'T LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO WANT YOU TO ATTACK. Don't listen to Adelson. Don't listen to Soros. Don't listen to Bolton. Don't listen to Israel. Don't listen to Saudi.
There. That's all the math you need.
But if the Army has to reach the simple goal by this lunatic path, then I'm okay with it.
Labels: Answered better than asked, Natural law = Sharia law
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