Vigorous Application of Derivative Thinking to Derivative Problems
Transcending bewailing, hand-wringing and emotional blackmail
Introduction
Tracing back to the source of problems as necessary due diligence?
Current examples of unsourced problems
Terrorism and invasive surveillance as unsourced problems
Exclusivism: gerrymandering, question avoidance, denial
Recognizing the pattern of entanglement
Immoral authority of Abrahamic religions?
Simulation of consequences and possibilities of cognitive engagement
Psycho-sexual reframing of “growth” in response to “demand” in society
Conclusion
References
Phi Beta Iota: Brother Anthony is the most widely-read deep-thinker in our collective. His material always merits reading, but this time around, we recommend what he has provided in the strongest possible terms. Put as simply as possible, reliance on secrecy makes one stupid. Daniel Elsberg put this very well when lecturing Herny Kissinger
The danger is, you’ll become like a moron. You’ll become incapable of learning from most people in the world, no matter how much experience they have in their particular areas that may be much greater than yours” [because of your blind faith in the value of your narrow and often incorrect secret information].
The ignorance and arrogance at the highest levels cannot be over-stated.
See Also:
2013 Robert Steele: Reflections on Inspectors General
Berto Jongman: Russian Elite Denial as Mirror of US Elite Denial
Henry Kissinger: “The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer.”
Journal: Arrogance, Rankism, & Incapacity
Review: JFK and the Unspeakable–Why He Died & Why It Matters
Review: Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace – How We Got to Be So Hated
Review: Secrets–A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
Review: Stand for Something–The Battle for America’s Soul (Hardcover)
Review: The Manufacture of Evil–Ethics, Evolution and the Industrial System
Review: The Parable of the Tribes–The Problem of Power in Social Evolution
Review: The Trial of Henry Kissinger
Review: Toxic Workplace!–Managing Toxic Personalities and Their Systems of Power
Robert Steele: Itemization of Information Pathologies
Robert Steele: Secrecy, Self-Restraint, & Democracy Done in By Elites and “Experts”
