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COMING SOON: Outside In: The role of Cause and Effect in Shaping Destiny Website: Escape Your Minds Prison .com Beria played a significant role in the purges, arrests, and executions that characterized Stalin's regime. His actions were notorious for their ruthlessness and brutality. He was also involved in espionage, intelligence operations, and the development of the Soviet nuclear program. As for the concept of "mass formation psychosis" in contemporary culture, it is related to discussions surrounding collective behavior, groupthink, or societal phenomena where large groups of individuals adopt and adhere to certain beliefs or narratives. Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when a group forms a quick opinion that matches the group consensus rather than critically evaluating the information. Groupthink seems to occur most often when a respected or persuasive leader is present, inspiring members to agree with their opinions. While it can be positive at times, groupthink is more often seen in a negative light, particularly when individual opinion is valued. Beria, outlines a strategy of manipulating and controlling the minds of individuals to such an extent that dissenting voices are discredited, and the state of insanity is wielded as a tool for political control. 

One of the most consequential issues for world leaders to solve is the U.S.-China relationship. I know that there are a lot of catastrophic risks facing humanity including pandemics, climate change, nuclear weapons, among others. However, I believe that we have a fighting chance at solving these problems if the US and China work collaboratively. If we ensure the two countries’ leadership have the best policy guidance, to engage on the big issues of the day together, and shoulder their responsibilities to the world towards a solution, then we have hope for the future. A recent study done by my organization PAX sapiens with the Grandview Institute in China, and facilitated by Reos Partners explores the two countries’ possible future together. The results are not what I might hope. The exercise concludes a report that details the four most likely scenarios for the future relationship between the US and China. None show the kind of active cooperation that the world will need to solve global problems. Experts from the U.S. and China describe how the two countries will at best work together in a convoluted international system and at worst go to war. And while we definitely do not want the latter, we must strive to do better than the former. What steps can the US and China take now to reverse the trend of deterioration in their relationship? I encourage you to look at the report, don’t worry it’s a quick read, and think about the future you would like to see. Link Here. https://lnkd.in/gNb6G6Ug

23.12.24. Complex Numbers Listen to the Discussion on the Use or Complex Numbers. Another topic is the Ulam’s - Nuclear Fission Fusion Math of the 1940’s and Nash work on Game Theory Math - of the 1970’s. Teller did not invent the atomic weapon. Ulam’s Jewish Wife while playing in the Sand with His Son, sparked the Creative Thought needed to unravel the last needed equations to solve the math problems - of small Nuclear Weaponry. God has given us the Garden called Earth, and Low Pressure Hydrogen Fusion is was powers the Sun. Not the Heavy Reactions - that has been studied in France for Decades. While Complex Numbers has been fun for the Study of Symmetrical Components- 3 Phase Mathmatics, it is has a real flaw - as Power with Non-Complex Math is far superior. Telsa used 4 Phases as the Complex Equations of 3 vector math is NOT needed to solve critical equations- that Mankind has not unraveled. Simple Analog Math - is far easier for the Human Mind to Compute than Digit 8 bit Math. 4 Phases not just for Power Engineering is Better for all Sciences- and that includes Computers and Communications Systems. Memory Storage and Many Things that will advance science. War Mongers of the World- need to stand down, and let the Scientists and Engineers of the world take over key leadership positions. The Rule by Lawyers and War Loving Generals - need to end.

Thanks to Professor Cox for suggesting David Sanger’s book on New Cold Wars as an addition to the debate. Mick argues that Sanger’s case is that the contemporary situation differs significantly from that during the First Cold War. This is true. Sanger gives depth of detail on world politics over the last few years. As Mick points out, he argues that seeking analogies between now and then is inadvisable. We are in a different context both politically and technologically (p. 436). I agree. Sanger, however, is in no doubt that we are in a cold war or wars. He does not dwell on defining cold wars, but he is clear about the key distinction being between cold and hot wars, and fears the escalation potential between them (p. 28). He sees similarities and differences: ‘To many Americans, and certainly to China’s leader, the U.S. plans resembled a classic containment strategy, a concept imported straight from the old Cold War. Then, the idea of “containment” meant preventing other countries from becoming communist; now it meant starving American competitors of key technologies in order to maintain an edge in AI and nuclear weapons, in space and cyberspace.’ (p. 23). ‘These are the contours of the new cold wars: a combustible mix of simultaneous, high-stakes conflicts nested inside each other. They form the foundations of an era that will almost certainly outlive the current septuagenarian and octogenarian leaders of China, Russia, and the United States—and may indeed prove a near-permanent condition for the next several decades.’ (p. 436). Mick suggests that we might need to ‘develop entirely new categories’ to understand the present. Sanger (and I) argue that cold war is the right concept. But to use it wisely, we need first to understand it as a general type of war, and second, to shed the idea that all cold wars have to fit closely with the template of the first one in order to count as cold war. I am now left with the question as to what the difference might be between cold war, and what peace researchers used to refer to as cold, or negative, peace? They are not the same, but they do seem to overlap.

Thank you, Prof Barry Buzan for this very interesting take on the new concepts of cold vs hot wars. In a world that is evolving due to emerging technologies, the operational concepts of warfare is also changing. The basic principles maybe the same i.e. being an extension of policy by other means, but the manner by which it is waged is different. Until and unless we recognize it to be so, we will be unable to develop and agree on the appropriate rule of engagements fast enough to avoid unintentional conflicts.

How are we going to power everything?

#politics #sustainability #unitedstates #nobelprizesummit #nobelprize Adam Boehler who worked with Jared Kushner on Abraham Accords during the Donald Trump administration argues in TIME that costs must be imposed on Iran if it becomes a nuclear weapons power. Boehler is living a delusion. United States has lost its geopolitical status to be able to impose costs on any country in the world to induce behavioral change other than itself nor will the world trust American incentives. America must first build stature to restore its status by changing its own behavior, with no insight yet in Washington that it should, producing erroneous bi-partisan political decision making other than #bidenomics. The country has just now begun going through the five stages of grief of loss of global power – denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Washington is currently in denial. When it enters the anger phase there could be a wider war. To end that war, we will enter a bargaining phase. After geopolitical compromise over the inevitable loss of unipolar, hyperpower, the country will go into a national mood of depression, with the people humbled if not humiliated, similar to China in the 15th century before the rise of Europe and Russia after the end of the Cold War which gave rise to Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. Finally acceptance will come. Whether that acceptance will take the form of a better country and society or de jure fascism abrogating the constitution and the republic as Donald Trump wants, for whom Boehler worked, akin to Russia and China is yet to be seen, and a choice American people still have. We do not need more financial capitalism. As Ronald Reagan said, we need more democracy not less as an antidote to fascism by the government and, to this I will add, money where Reagan went wrong, advised by the Mont Pelerin Society (MPS, https://lnkd.in/eJvWqeCx) founded after World War II, believing erroneously that more financial capitalism favoring the wealthy can lead to more democracy. More financial capitalism has been the road to serfdom for the multitude. United States must learn the old fashioned virtue of doing more real capitalism of replacing man with machine in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the benefit of all with less financial capitalism to ultimately end the drudgery of work to make a living by enslaving the machine to the interests of man to end serfdom rather than enslaving man to the interests of fellow man who owns the machine. Inflation always produces fascism. $1 needs to go far both in wages of the wealthy and overall prices. United States of America needs ‘controlled and calibrated deflation.’

Popular science explanations of the standard model usually describe four forces (strong nuclear, electromagnetism, weak nuclear, and gravity). They also claim that some of the forces are stronger than others. What they don’t tell you is that all of those claims are only valid for distances comparable to the radius of a proton. For different size scales, the order of the strength of the forces can be wildly different. https://lnkd.in/geKqMNW5

A look at the potential power of one person. Fascinating short article.

Who remembers the made for TV movie The Day After? It depicts the realistic aftermath of a nuclear war during the Cold War era on small town America. As a teenager in the early 80’s, it’s seared in my brain (and scared the pants off of me).  I recently finished reading Apocalypse Television: How The Day After Helped End the Cold War by my good friend David Craig and I can’t recommend it enough. David explores the societal impact of The Day After, researching the political as well as Hollywood sides of what went down. He makes a compelling argument that it played a pivotal role in changing the hearts and minds of our nation and even President Reagan himself.  As a professor at USC's Annenberg School of Communications (and a former Hollywood executive), David provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood's influence on societal beliefs, particularly in shaping the discourse around historical events. If you're intrigued by the power of entertainment to influence minds and want a compelling exploration of this phenomenon, I recommend giving this book a read—it's available on Amazon and other book retailers.  #socialmedia #entertainment #influence #bookcommunity #politics #coldwar #nuclear #socialmedia #entertainment #influence #bookcommunity #politics #coldwar #nuclear