On Dulles, evidence, trust, ‘is’ and ‘ought’, and capacities.

 

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Details: Allen Dulles; The Craft of Intelligence; the gist of chpt. 15—‘Security in a Free Society’; four kinds of problems; problems of evidence; text; context; 'we'; evidence of thoughts; evidence of events; events and ideas; beliefs; problems of trust; deception and error; reputations; power (control) and incentives; control; incentives; problems of ‘is’ and ‘ought’; good guys and bad guys; openness; errors; need for ‘the bloodthirsty’; violence; kinds of war; psychological warfare—rumors; cyberwarfare—probing defenses; problems of our capacities; recap; next. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re2

 

Dulles - Craft of Intelligence chpt. 15, ‘Security in a Free Society’, Part 1.

 

Air date: Tuesday, 8th Sep. 2020, 5pm Pacific/US.

 

0:00:00 Allen Dulles;

0:14:35 The Craft of Intelligence;

0:21:43 the gist of chpt. 15—‘Security in a Free Society’;

0:25:23 four kinds of problems;

0:25:54 problems of evidence;

0:25:59 text;

0:28:34 context;

0:31:35 'we';

0:33:13 evidence of thoughts;

0:37:15 evidence of events;

0:40:05 events and ideas;

0:41:32 beliefs;

0:43:16 problems of trust;

0:43:55 deception and error;

0:44:45 reputations;

0:51:22 power (control) and incentives;

0:55:29 control;

1:02:37 incentives;

1:08:23 problems of ‘is’ and ‘ought’;

1:09:12 good guys and bad guys;

1:11:14 openness;

1:13:31 errors;

1:13:56 need for ‘the bloodthirsty’;

1:19:46 violence;

1:22:09 kinds of war;

1:22:24 psychological warfare—rumors;

1:24:18 cyberwarfare—probing defenses;

1:26:54 problems of our capacities;

1:29:44 recap;

1:31:05 next.

 

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Dulles, A. (1960). Letter to Mr. Charles JV Murphy from Allen W. Dulles. cia.gov. 9th Jun. 1960 https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R003600130033-5.pdf Retrieved 8th Sep. 2020.

 

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Retraice (2020/xx/xx). Re6: Interface. retraice.com. Pending publication.

 

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