olto Douglas
"It is doubtful whether there is any point in continuing attacks on
radar sites, in view of the fact that not one of those attacked so
far has been put out of action."
Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göering, 15 August 1940
The invention of what was called radio direction finding (RDF) in the
1930s • the predecessor of what became known as radio detection
and ranging (RADAR) • triggered profound organisational changes as
well as new tactics for air-to-air fighters, & led Britain to establish
an air defence system conceptually similar to the one modern
air forces still use today. [IT] meant the pilots no longer had to patrol
the skies hoping to spot the enemy with their own eyes, but could
instead stay on ground alert until [IT] was tactically favourable to
take off. The chain of radar stations along the coast (CHAIN HOME)
provided early warning and rough estimates of enemy strength,
position, heading and speed. Dag Henriksen - Routledge Handbook of Air Power
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architect of a NEW WORLD ORDER, but actually he is an
egotist with a wrecking ball"I would state from my own personal understanding of where he is
coming from, so-to-speak, that his treatise on the future of education,
should have been seen as THE HOLY GRAIL for Education • in the
context of Kenneth Baker's lack of total understanding, as Information
Technology Minister to Margaret Thatcher in the early 1980s • of the
phenomenal potential of the utilisation of Information Technology
for Education, at a time when the German Government were spending ALL
of their spare education budget on equipping schools with 35mm Video
Equipment.
Many of the principles behind ARPA/PARC could be applied to politics and government but they will not be learned from ‘naturally’ inside the system. Dramatic improvements will only happen if a group of people force ‘system’ changes on how government works so it is open to learning. Dominic Cummings
Some thoughts on education and political priorities Summary - Dominic Cummings
Although we understand some systems well enough to make precise or statistical predictions, most interesting systems - whether physical, mental, cultural, or virtual - are complex, nonlinear, and have properties that emerge from feedback between many interactions. Exhaustive searches of all possibilities are impossible. Unfathomable and unintended consequences dominate. Problems cascade. Complex systems are hard to understand, predict and control.
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