Matt, enjoyed listening to the audio of this. You flag leadership as a key variable in getting us the poor info/political war situation we have today. I don't disagree, but is the leadership not responding to a deeper 'aversion to influence' or an equation of influence with conspiracy baked in to US political culture? I am reading Osgood's "Limited War" and it seems, as a nation, we have long had a reflexive distaste for subtle and sustained political competition (we're either at "peace" or "war"!), which would then feed into a disregard for the utility of info/political warfare.
Also there is the 'I inform not influence" on the mil side - have you seen the same thing in State? Looking at the recruiting for State the PD cone seems like a far cry from anything resembling coherently organized political warfare.
Matt, enjoyed listening to the audio of this. You flag leadership as a key variable in getting us the poor info/political war situation we have today. I don't disagree, but is the leadership not responding to a deeper 'aversion to influence' or an equation of influence with conspiracy baked in to US political culture? I am reading Osgood's "Limited War" and it seems, as a nation, we have long had a reflexive distaste for subtle and sustained political competition (we're either at "peace" or "war"!), which would then feed into a disregard for the utility of info/political warfare.
Also there is the 'I inform not influence" on the mil side - have you seen the same thing in State? Looking at the recruiting for State the PD cone seems like a far cry from anything resembling coherently organized political warfare.
admin just FYI: his name is pronounced "stew-de-man" not stud-man