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Monday, January 19, 2004
Turning point in Iraq
The screw is finally turning in Iraq. We've seen the prolog of the runup to war with now-disproved hysteria over WMD, a lightning invasion, a premature declaration of "mission accomplished," the failure to establish a secure occu-liberation, the withdrawal of international participation due to the inability of the occupying powers to secure the country, the capture of Saddam Hussein and finally the failure to establish an orderly process for forming a permanent government. Now what? More... |
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Code Yellow and a Half
What's the deal with the Homeland Security threat levels? It's a hall of mirrors that amplifies images of our fears. The latest security scare reveals some interesting aspects of the information war. More... |
Wednesday, August 6, 2003
Futurist Markets
The recently blasted "terrorism futures" market isn't as bad an idea as it's been made out. DARPA's highly ideological embodiment was modeled on the commodities market, a questionable implementation that turned a means of measuring shared knowledge into an instrument of psyschological warfare. But the underlying idea consensus knowledge mining has been around for quite a while. And it's not a bad idea. As a matter of fact, I'd like to propose an entire society based on the principle. More... |
Friday, June 20, 2003
Looting or Sabotage?
Reports from Iraq don't properly distinguish between looting and sabotage. The continuing security problem is not getting better -- indeed, it may be getting worse. But as long as perceptions are cloudy as to what is actually going on, the initiative will remain in the hands of the attackers. More... |
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