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burnunitWilliam Gibson's blog talks about William Lind and 4th Generation Warfare. Lind is what might be described without hyperbole as a tactical military super-genius. He more or less literally wrote the book on contemporary warfare—as in, the Marines use his tactics manual in their training. Regrettably, so does al Qaeda. Since war is such a crystallizer of human history, I wonder if we can begin a more frank discussion of the overall arc of humankind, without sounding like a deluded chicken little or raving apocalyptic religionist. Several topics are stewing in my head, and I'd sure like to toss them around a bit. Any takers?
1. the manufacture of consent
2. 4th generation warfare
3. the end of oil
4. the end of statism
5. rise of the "republics of the heart"
Naturally, though I thought I might have, I did not coin the term "republic of the heart", it appears in a poem titled Mulford by John Greenleaf Whittier. Thus begins Mulford, as it turns out, is the surname shared by two interesting American thinkers: Elisha Mulford (the one memorialized by Whittier) and Prentice Mulford. They appear to be unrelated. Elisha was a clergyman and wrote a "The Nation" and "The Republic of God". Prentice was a philosopher and essayist who wrote "Thoughts are Things" and "The God in You". It would appear that Prentice was an early pioneer of modern "new age" thinking in America, as well as believing in telepathy.
The November 1881 Atlantic Monthly describes The Republic of God as a "book to grow up to" whose "very obscurities that sparkle and glow." The February, 1873 Atlantic contains an intriguing travelogue called "The Hunt for Smugglers" by Prentice Mulford.
I sense a master's thesis coming on. "Two Mulfords, Two Americas: an integration of theology with historical culture" or something like that.
1. the manufacture of consent
2. 4th generation warfare
3. the end of oil
4. the end of statism
5. rise of the "republics of the heart"
Naturally, though I thought I might have, I did not coin the term "republic of the heart", it appears in a poem titled Mulford by John Greenleaf Whittier. Thus begins Mulford, as it turns out, is the surname shared by two interesting American thinkers: Elisha Mulford (the one memorialized by Whittier) and Prentice Mulford. They appear to be unrelated. Elisha was a clergyman and wrote a "The Nation" and "The Republic of God". Prentice was a philosopher and essayist who wrote "Thoughts are Things" and "The God in You". It would appear that Prentice was an early pioneer of modern "new age" thinking in America, as well as believing in telepathy.
The November 1881 Atlantic Monthly describes The Republic of God as a "book to grow up to" whose "very obscurities that sparkle and glow." The February, 1873 Atlantic contains an intriguing travelogue called "The Hunt for Smugglers" by Prentice Mulford.
I sense a master's thesis coming on. "Two Mulfords, Two Americas: an integration of theology with historical culture" or something like that.