The Information Equilibrium

More people around the world are expressing their desire for Democracy and Freedom over Despots and Tyranny.  That’s the good news.   The bad news is that the greatest threat to democracy is not from external forces and actors, but from internal elements who use the ‘tools and institutions’ of our democracy to deceive, spread propaganda, and undermine the vary institutions they profess to protect. We face challenges to our democracy and freedoms, from foreign actors, but also from domestic elements. In both instances, it is a cognitive war – a war of ideologies.   While the world’s people are seeking their freedoms and democracy, ours is threatened in our homeland, by those who should be the champions of freedom.   The balance of the Information Equilibrium © is shifting towards freedom and democracy, but sustaining this course requires continued vigilance and a long-term strategy to compete in the Cognitive Domain.   While prior years saw deafen...

Are the people of America paying attention?  92% believe their freedoms are under attack - sadly, they're right.   Have you seen the recent headlines?  People are in an uproar in Baltimore because of police surveillance using aircraft to stop 300+ murders a year.   But, there are only whispers when the FBI is accused of multiple felonies in deceiving the FISA court to spy on Americans.  What about continued reporting on the unmasking of multiple US citizens under the Obama administration?   Oh, do we so soon forget that James Clapper lied to Congress as the DNI?  James Comey (FBI Director) did the same, as he stated he doesn't leak to Congress, while doing just that, or all of a sudden throwing his staff under the bus on the FISA abuse by noting he had 35,000 people to manage.  Really.  Oh, let's not forget John Brennan (Director CIA), who not only lied, but SPIED, on Congress?  Remember - he spied o...

Larger text below -  This Christmas - the one gift you should be forever grateful for, and thank the many who who gave this gift via their ultimate sacrifice is  #FREEDOM. The balance of the  Information Equilibrium ©  remains tilted towards freedom and democracy, yet there are many challenges we face as a nation and individuals - here in the USA, and abroad. Passing on this great gift we call  Freedom   to other generations requires diligence. For those born in the USA or who are naturalized citizens, count your blessings, do not take freedom for granted, nor become complacent.  And, remember to fully take advantage of this wonderful opportunity we have in America. What's ironic is the many who immigrated here understood what freedom means and the opportunities our country offers. Those of our greatest generation did as well, for they sacrificed greatly to retain it. Unfortunately a large percentage of our population ...

The Theory   of the Information Equilibrium   The Theory of the Information Equilibrium  For some time, I've noted my intent to publish the basis of my theory.  This post does that, by extracting from my 1996 thesis the basic elements of the theory and its definition.   I define the  Concept of the Information Equilibrium  as:  The transfer of knowledge, through the use of information based sources, technologies and services, which leads to an eventual equilibrium of the world's social, political, and economic situations. Such an equilibrium is based upon the involvement of the public, private, and non-profit sectors.  I use the word knowledge vice information on purpose.  Much information can be passed on, but it is the formation of the information into useful concepts, ideas or actions that denotes actual knowledge.  The base concept suggests that if one strives for the greatest...

Disinformation and Deception in America  1. Do our people realize they're being duped? 2. Do you really believe this has stopped? 3. With the totally biased media, even if your dead you'd see that, there are several levels of deception, lies and manipulation. Do NOT doubt there are more efforts to conduct disinformation and deception.  Why would one think the DNC or Hillary has changed? When one reads about how the voters were purposefully mislead via planted calls (see article), even though it happened sometime ago, why would the tiger (Hillary) or partner (DNC) change their stripes later in 2016, or today as she teams up with her friendly socialist Warner? The liberal and radical left elites - have always tended to tell others to do "as I say, but NOT as I do," How else could Al Gore be a jet setting multi-millionaire selling carbon credits while flying in a private jet and having a home that's 5-10X avg carbon footprint.  How else could Bernie Sa...

The Cognitive Domain, the Cognitive War and Cognitive Dissonance We have all seen or are all familiar with varied aspects of kinetic war, large and small, irregular and asymmetric.   Thankfully, the majority hasn’t had to directly participate in the actual kinetic part – but that’s a different issue you’ve seen me write about regarding the need for a wholly new form of conscription in this country. We must begin to think differently about war, its definition, and about what type of war we are fighting.   As with anything ground into history, changing such definitions does not come easily, but we must.   The major war, ongoing now for millennium plus, but never fully recognized in most literature or doctrine, is and will always be in the cognitive domain.   Cognitive War is the battle of ideas and ideology, and requires a substantially different approach – and set of intelligence and foundation data than kinetic action. BUT – this is a big but – the in...

I write and post frequently on the need for an overhaul of major segments of our federal government, primarily, the IC and DoD, but other elements as well - to advance a more proactive approach in the Cognitive Domain.  As the real war - is a war of ideas and ideology. It is a war of peace vs tyranny, that mankind tends to quickly forget about.   The continued rise of dictators, despots and terrorists over the years is nothing new! Nor are the follow-on kinetic battles and fall of dictators over the years after the world recognizes the cancer.  But one would think and hope we'd have some lessons learned.  But our notoriously short attention span in the United States, leaves us wanting for a truly strategic - cross administration - strategy that is bipartisan in nature that promotes facts, features and benefits of our way of life.   Developing capabilities, capacity and a strategic proactive operational implementation plan in the Cognitive Domain re...