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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

I quite like the CECA loop as more useful, on the first order, than OODA. One challenge is that OODA is too simple at first glance and so people think they know what's happening and don't dig deeper. CECA causes them to pause and reconsider and avoid many of the common OODA failures. (also works better for AI / Autonomous Systems design.

Full paper can be found here.

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA605875

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Dan Pace's avatar

Hey Adam, I love all the thoughts on education and its relation to finding common ground with each other.

1. I prefer the vin diagram to the Yin Yangish one. The former does a better job of depicting (to me) the relationship of the two concepts you're trying to put in relation to one another.

2. I know I've mentioned Strauss and Howe before, but I think their thoughts on the generational cycle add a critical element to your discussion on common ground. Namely, what component does time and aging across the country play in our tumultuous quest to find a baseline for societal values? As you and I (and the rest of our essentially cynical and mercenary generation) age into middle age, and our millennial and Gen-Z juniors (at least partially) define themselves in response to us and our boomer predecessors, I suspect they and their kids will solve these questions and re-baseline society without too much struggle. When the time is right, it'll just happen, because the conditions will be right for it to do so. None of this says there's no value in us churning on it, just that our churn won't do much until the conditions allow it to.

3. Is there anything more broken than the education system today? Opt out rates alone (evidenced by the homeschool boom) should demonstrate the wide consensus that something's broken. And is there anything worse for building a functional society than fragmenting our childhood indoctrination system? As a parent, I completely understand why folks opt out, but as a citizen, it's alarming.

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