Yoda: Delusions of Grand Strategy

Delusions of 
Grand Strategy The Problem With Washington’s Planning Obsession EXTRACT The ritual of crafting strategy encourages participants to spin a narrative that magnifies the scope of the national interest and exaggerates global threats. The panel concluded, “Instead of unconstrained, long term analysis by planners who were encouraged to challenge preexisting thinking, the QDRs became …

Stephen E. Arnold: When Big Data Becomes Bad Data Through Algorithmic Bias, Discrimination, and Distortion

Algorithmic Bias and the Unintentional Discrimination in the Results The article titled When Big Data Becomes Bad Data on Tech In America discusses the legal ramifications of relying on algorithms for companies. The “disparate impact” theory has been used in the courtroom for some time to ensure that discriminatory policies be struck down whether they …

Robert Parry: MH-17 Case: ‘Old’ Journalism vs. ‘New’

MH-17 Case: ‘Old’ Journalism vs. ‘New’ For skilled intelligence operatives, the Internet can be a devil’s playground, a place to circulate doctored photos, audio and documents, making investigations based on “social media” and such sources particularly risky, a point worth recalling in the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, says Robert Parry.