How the West Was Won: Counterinsurgency, PSYOPS and the Military Origins of the Internet, Part 1
Part 1: Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
As the digital revolution was underway in the mid-nineties, research departments at the CIA and NSA were developing programs to predict the usefulness of the world wide web as a tool for capturing what they dubbed "birds of a feather" formations. That's when flocks of sparrows make sudden movements together in rhythmical patterns.
How the West Was Won: Counterinsurgency, PSYOPS and the Military Origins of the Internet, Part 2
Part 2: The War is Over, The Good Guys Lost
If insurgency is defined as an organised political struggle by a hostile minority, attempting to seize power through revolutionary means, then counterinsurgency is the military doctrine historically used against non-state actors, that sets out to infiltrate and eradicate those movements.
Dustin Broadbery on the subversive origins of the internet
Dustin Broadbery is an investigative journalist and blogger.
He previously chatted to me about the anatomy of a cult. This time, he chatted to me about the subversive origins of the internet, including the central and military intelligence links to Facebook, Siri, and a whole lot more.
It’s all a bit creepy and can make one somewhat paranoid about the promises of online privacy.