earthworldpsion

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   by earthworldpsion 2y ago

   Ellul wrote “Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes” and “The Technological Society”. Both, I think, address a lot of what Kaczynski was addressing in Industrial Society and Its Future (ISaiF). In saying whataboutists, I was referring
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   by earthworldpsion 2y ago

   I do not think Kaczynski offered a terrible amount beyond what Jacques Ellul wrote. He does have a fascinating story, and he contributed through his manifesto, at least, the idea of oversocialization which has been expanded on by the likes
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   by earthworldpsion 2y ago

   While not a direct source, the China Aerospace Studies Institute provided a translation of the 2020 Science of Military Strategy that you could reasonably infer the EW strategy from: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/CASI&#x2
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   by earthworldpsion 2y ago

   If one comes across it in their career, I highly recommend the Department of Energy’s documentary on the issue. The mishandling of restricted data seems extremely egregious in this case and does not deserve the dismissal that your comment s
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   by earthworldpsion 2y ago

   Nothing controversial about it. That’s a very simple deterrence argument a la Schelling.
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   by earthworldpsion 3y ago

   If you’re comfortable with band structure, I’d recommend looking into the states that arise in flat band systems e.g. quantum Hall states and spin liquids. Otherwise, you can read some electronic structure books to get a sense of how flat b