Isn’t it crazy how so much of it is expensive b.s tech that is ultimately ineffective or difficult to position/use/maintain to the point that’s its worthless ?
Israeli iron dome didn’t last too long. How much money has been siphoned into it?
Who could have seen that coming ?
This guy gives a video why all that tech is not effective for modern military warfare.
Ok, just FYI, before I could even skip to your recomended time index, dude opens up with the assertion “its the end of the world, we are in WWIII.”
Just saying this has primed me to either really love or really hate this content I’m about to watch. Unlikely to be middling. ;)
Edit: Having watched a small number of his videos, all I can say is I want to go on a pub crawl with this guy. We both need to get shitfaced together and talk shit about geopolitics. As to Foundation’s psycho-history, in serious circles, its called history and is taught in Universities and war colleges alike.
I was also thinking it’s like psycho history!
Yeah he seems like a legit interesting guy. Definitely a guy worth just talking casually with.
I came across his channel the other day because he was recommended to me and I’ve been watching his content since then.
I know some are like “he’s just making shit up”.
He’s literally a professor and has a doctorate on this topic. If anyone knows this stuff, it’s him.
He’s got video lectures up from many years. This isn’t someone making up stuff now because it’s popular.
This topic is this guy’s whole profession/passion.
Also I hate when people say getting a degree in history is pointless.
We need people studying history. Where would we be without them?
Professor of what and where? From what little I’ve seen, he speaks overly confident for academia on things that have weak supporting evidence. Lots I outright agree with, some sounds pretty sus.
So you have never taken college courses with lectures like this ?
In academia it’s called “active writing” and “active voice”.
There is specific ways the phrasing is done to make statements.
It’s considered the proper way to write or lecture/present.
It does come off as very confident in the statements. Which is the point.
You should not say something unless you are confident it’s true. And you have evidence to back it up.
Also I checked , there is a wiki on the guy.
He does not have a doctorate but a BA and teaches in Bejing.
Typically in the U.S, a “professor” is a college or university teacher with at least a master’s but that’s not the definition in China. I guess. So I assumed incorrectly he must be at university level. And most universities only hire PhD lecturers.
He did go to Yale here in the U.S though.
He is also a journalist.
But has been teaching since late 90s.
He also was a researcher through Harvard graduate school of education.
Hey, I’m one to always say that experts need higher education to be experts. Because there are some things you really can’t learn outside of the mentor training you get in grad school. But sounds like he got that through his research experience and his journalism experience. At least to a degree. Because he knows how to use active voice and create supported theories. Not something one learns at a BA level.
I know a little bit about game theory because it’s studied in social psychology.
Mostly he seems to follow what I know about it and then ads some of his own stuff.
But it follows the foundation theory I’m familiar with.
I’m not educated on the topic past an intro to social psych course. (Not my area of study though I am educated in cognitive neuroscience/psychology,).
It’s definitely healthy to be a skeptic of everything.
As they say. Believe nothing. Question everything.
I never think one person has it all right or has all the answers. But he has some valid points and I thought his lectures were interesting and worth listening to. I don’t agree with him on everything.
That doesnt mean I disregard everything he says.
I do agree with him on the bit about the weapons @26:00.
I also felt more informed about some of the geopolitics involved after watching his video.
Isn’t it crazy how so much of it is expensive b.s tech that is ultimately ineffective or difficult to position/use/maintain to the point that’s its worthless ?
Israeli iron dome didn’t last too long. How much money has been siphoned into it?
Who could have seen that coming ?
This guy gives a video why all that tech is not effective for modern military warfare.
Skip to @26:00
https://youtu.be/jIS2eB-rGv0
Ok, just FYI, before I could even skip to your recomended time index, dude opens up with the assertion “its the end of the world, we are in WWIII.”
Just saying this has primed me to either really love or really hate this content I’m about to watch. Unlikely to be middling. ;)
Edit: Having watched a small number of his videos, all I can say is I want to go on a pub crawl with this guy. We both need to get shitfaced together and talk shit about geopolitics. As to Foundation’s psycho-history, in serious circles, its called history and is taught in Universities and war colleges alike.
I was also thinking it’s like psycho history! Yeah he seems like a legit interesting guy. Definitely a guy worth just talking casually with.
I came across his channel the other day because he was recommended to me and I’ve been watching his content since then.
I know some are like “he’s just making shit up”.
He’s literally a professor and has a doctorate on this topic. If anyone knows this stuff, it’s him. He’s got video lectures up from many years. This isn’t someone making up stuff now because it’s popular.
This topic is this guy’s whole profession/passion.
Also I hate when people say getting a degree in history is pointless. We need people studying history. Where would we be without them?
Professor of what and where? From what little I’ve seen, he speaks overly confident for academia on things that have weak supporting evidence. Lots I outright agree with, some sounds pretty sus.
So you have never taken college courses with lectures like this ?
In academia it’s called “active writing” and “active voice”.
There is specific ways the phrasing is done to make statements.
It’s considered the proper way to write or lecture/present.
It does come off as very confident in the statements. Which is the point.
You should not say something unless you are confident it’s true. And you have evidence to back it up.
Also I checked , there is a wiki on the guy.
He does not have a doctorate but a BA and teaches in Bejing.
Typically in the U.S, a “professor” is a college or university teacher with at least a master’s but that’s not the definition in China. I guess. So I assumed incorrectly he must be at university level. And most universities only hire PhD lecturers.
He did go to Yale here in the U.S though.
He is also a journalist.
But has been teaching since late 90s.
He also was a researcher through Harvard graduate school of education.
Hey, I’m one to always say that experts need higher education to be experts. Because there are some things you really can’t learn outside of the mentor training you get in grad school. But sounds like he got that through his research experience and his journalism experience. At least to a degree. Because he knows how to use active voice and create supported theories. Not something one learns at a BA level.
I know a little bit about game theory because it’s studied in social psychology.
Mostly he seems to follow what I know about it and then ads some of his own stuff.
But it follows the foundation theory I’m familiar with.
I’m not educated on the topic past an intro to social psych course. (Not my area of study though I am educated in cognitive neuroscience/psychology,).
It’s definitely healthy to be a skeptic of everything. As they say. Believe nothing. Question everything.
I never think one person has it all right or has all the answers. But he has some valid points and I thought his lectures were interesting and worth listening to. I don’t agree with him on everything.
That doesnt mean I disregard everything he says.
I do agree with him on the bit about the weapons @26:00.
I also felt more informed about some of the geopolitics involved after watching his video.
Geopolitics was not taught quite so casually at my school.
It sure wasn’t in my school either.