Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedStanley McChrystal: belief
20 Oct 2021 Conversations with Tyler Stanley McChrystal on the Military, Leadership, and Risk
“I would argue that if you consider that as defense — knowing everything all the time — then that could easily get more powerful than the ability to attack.”
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- Stanley McChrystal
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- 20 Oct 2021
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Is there any plausible scenario where defense beats offense, or at least holds it back? In one sense, yes. You say, “Well, we’ve got this high technology available to terrorist groups, and homemade precision strikes and assassinations are going to be easier.” On the other side, and maybe equally negative, we’ve got a surveillance-based society now. We actually can know everything about Tyler Cowen, and we can watch you almost every minute. And as that expands more, the ability to be a nefarious player or something like that — it’s going to get really hard. I would argue that if you consider that as defense — knowing everything all the time — then that could easily get more powerful than the ability to attack. So, more nations will go the Chinese route in some manner?…
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