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Cognitive Warfare: NATO asks: Why is the West Losing to China?


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On this show, I recap and expand on the introduction to Cognitive Warfare I provided last time. Then, I dissect Chapter 8 of the Report on NATO's 1st Scientific Meeting on Cognitive Warfare and describe aspects of what the authors claim about China's strategic culture and approach to cognitive warfare. I also explain how I think aspects of cognitive warfare are found within the text itself to portray NATO in a noble light. I claim that this reflects cognitive warfare endemic to the West (and all societies), and that such societal echo chamber-type thinking it itself a threat to us as we contemplate threats to our ability to think and act for ourselves from foreign powers and also domestic institutions.
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Solution SpaceBy Adam Stephen Wadley