From: Spike Jones (spike66@attglobal.net)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 21:30:20 MDT
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> Just as Generals always prepare for the last war and not the next war,
> people are always most protective of the last persecuted group, not the
> next or the current persecuted group
This is actually a new topic of sorts, but I feel I must interject a
comment. I see your point about protecting the last persecuted
group and agree, but I very strongly disagree that generals always
prepare for the last war. That was likely true at one time, but is
most surely not true today. The guys that make flag rank are the
often the ones most creative in their thought experiments about
future conflicts. I can assure you, there are no dummies with that
much brass on the shoulder, or if so I sure have never encountered
one. Having a clear vision of the future is a key factor in trading the
eagles for stars.
Mike if you could see some of the computer sims the generals
have running today it would blow your mind. Those guys are
thinking 10 years out, 20 years, 50. They are modelling nanotech-
based conflicts, and it would not surprise me a bit to learn they
are struggling with a concept very close to what we call the
singularity. They grok. spike
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