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Dominic Cummings is well know as a devotee of Col. John Boyd, fighter pilot and strategist.
I thought I'd dip into Robert Coram's book, "Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed The Art Of War", to see whether I could get a bit of an insight as to what to expect from Cummings...
Dominic Cummings is well know as a devotee of Col. John Boyd, fighter pilot and strategist.
I thought I'd dip into Robert Coram's book, "Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed The Art Of War", to see whether I could get a bit of an insight as to what to expect from Cummings...
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Here is some text from Chapter 12.
If this is a guide as to how Cummings operates, it's clear that #Remain will need to do all it can to resist these tactics, by:
- being equally nimble;
- enhancing cohesion between disparate Remain elements;...
Here is some text from Chapter 12.
If this is a guide as to how Cummings operates, it's clear that #Remain will need to do all it can to resist these tactics, by:
- being equally nimble;
- enhancing cohesion between disparate Remain elements;...
3/5 ...
- resisting, in its ranks, "confusion, disorder, panic and chaos".
Here is a slide from Boyd's "Patterns" presentation, from bit.ly/315JVgi.
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- resisting, in its ranks, "confusion, disorder, panic and chaos".
Here is a slide from Boyd's "Patterns" presentation, from bit.ly/315JVgi.
...
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And here is another.
Note how we have seen, already, *ambiguity* and *unpredictability* in Johnson's approach to No-Deal Brexit.
How difficult it is to pin down what he really means, or really wants...
And here is another.
Note how we have seen, already, *ambiguity* and *unpredictability* in Johnson's approach to No-Deal Brexit.
How difficult it is to pin down what he really means, or really wants...
5/5
If there is anything in this link between Cummings and Boyd, it may suggest that:
- we are already in a political world where HMG will sow confusion, uncertainty and ambiguity.
- this is likely to deepen over the coming days.
- this may not be an accident, but a *policy*.
If there is anything in this link between Cummings and Boyd, it may suggest that:
- we are already in a political world where HMG will sow confusion, uncertainty and ambiguity.
- this is likely to deepen over the coming days.
- this may not be an accident, but a *policy*.
PS
This is the iconoclast Dominic Cummings, who wants to sow confusion in British polity.
This is the iconoclast Dominic Cummings, who wants to sow confusion in British polity.
PSS
John Boyd saw everything - not just military activities: interpersonal relationships too - in terms of conflict.
"Hosing the enemy".
It's legitimate to ask whether Dominic Cummings sees the world that way too.
John Boyd saw everything - not just military activities: interpersonal relationships too - in terms of conflict.
"Hosing the enemy".
It's legitimate to ask whether Dominic Cummings sees the world that way too.
PSSS
If you want to know more about John Boyd's 'OODA loop' [the Observe-Orient-Decide-Act cycle], these excerpts from chapter 24 of Robert Coram's book on Boyd may help.
[The highlights are mine.]
If you want to know more about John Boyd's 'OODA loop' [the Observe-Orient-Decide-Act cycle], these excerpts from chapter 24 of Robert Coram's book on Boyd may help.
[The highlights are mine.]
Final PS:
The whole thread, on Dominic Cummings and his 'hero' Col. John Boyd, is now available unrolled at https://threadreaderapp[dot]com/thread/1156191775075315712.html?refreshed=1564568524
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The whole thread, on Dominic Cummings and his 'hero' Col. John Boyd, is now available unrolled at https://threadreaderapp[dot]com/thread/1156191775075315712.html?refreshed=1564568524
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