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While I agree with the idea that the CIA abuses power, techniques that enable effective communication are a HUGE advantage. Knowing how to write in a way that o
by hyperion2010 9y ago
While I agree with the idea that the CIA abuses power, techniques that enable effective communication are a HUGE advantage. Knowing how to write in a way that other people can actually understand (and take action on) is absolutely advantageous (as is any other technology that reduces miscommunication). Of course at this point in time you can take a course like Little Red Schoolhouse and come away with many, many practical actions you can take to improve the clarity of your written communication, so probably in effect is has already been declassified.
- xor1 9y agoI can't wait to see the CIA guide to shitposting once it's declassified.
- wtvanhest 9y agoIt just says: "Look at the top post, disagree with one point, bring up a distracting point"
- rfrank 9y ago> MEMETICS—A GROWTH INDUSTRY IN US MILITARY OPERATIONS - United States Marine Corps, School of Advanced Warfighting http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a507172.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a507172.pdf
- 3131s 9y agoI submitted that a few months ago! In general people don't realize the extent that information warfare is taken seriously in some circles.
- closeparen 9y agoI know Little Red Schoolhouse as the informal name for a particular writing class at the University of Chicago. Is it more general than that?
- hyperion2010 9y agoThere are similar courses at other universities, but I don't know them by name, the general idea being that the courses are based on the data and theories that have come out of linguistics over the past 60 years.