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Speaking of generalisable solutions – military strategy has a concept called the OODA loop, invented to give a roadmap to survive combat: you observe a situatio
by 35fbe7d3d5b9 6y ago
Speaking of generalisable solutions – military strategy has a concept called the OODA loop, invented to give a roadmap to survive combat: you observe a situation, orient yourself in it based on past experience and knowledge of what's happening, decide on a plan, and act. All the while, you process what's happening and use that feedback to possibly change your decisions.
It strikes me as a generic but useful way to think about surviving unexpected situations. I've thankfully not been in a position to implement it, but since learning about it I have found myself doing a bit more practice (both mentally and in real life) and trying to be a bit more prepared for dangerous situations.
- dredmorbius 6y agoOODA (obseve, orient, decide, act) is good and I'm a fan. Training, drilling, and practicing teaches you what to observe, how to orient, how to decide, and how to act. At the least these should be familiar. If you're frequently dealing with emergencies ... either find a safer environment or make the responses second nature. A key benefit of OODA over rote drilling is recognising when a trained response is not improving the situation. Often victims pursue a single tack even after it is clearly worthless. OODA, executed correctly, allows an opportunity to reset, reassess, and try an alternative tack. The observe-process-decide-act loop is common to any systems, control, or cybernetics process, and quite useful