Comments on: The Pointlessness of Satire http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pointlessness_of_satire/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pointlessness_of_satire/#comment-2328 Stilgherrian Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:51:57 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pointlessness_of_satire/#comment-2328 Thanks for the pointer, Matthew, yes a great reference. Love your work. Thanks for the pointer, Matthew, yes a great reference. Love your work.

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pointlessness_of_satire/#comment-2268 Matthew Stibbe Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:53:57 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pointlessness_of_satire/#comment-2268 Reminds me that satirist Tom Lehrer quit when they gave Henry Kissinger the Nobel peace prize. He claimed it was unfair competition. Reminds me that satirist Tom Lehrer quit when they gave Henry Kissinger the Nobel peace prize. He claimed it was unfair competition.

]]> By: Richard http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pointlessness_of_satire/#comment-2114 Richard Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:35:43 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/pointlessness_of_satire/#comment-2114 That's a great link, thank you. And thank you for the web, DARPA. Funny how a medium devised for disseminating hierarchical orders has created the so-called 'horizontal information ecology'. Funny, also, the amount of military doctrine that gets debated online. The staff colleges can't keep up, but their imprimatur doesn't matter any more — apart from getting the proverbial 'tick in the box'. Funny, a 'network-centric' miltary that aspires to be what Toffler called 'third wave', is still wedded to 'second wave' education and training. But they still want to fight in a 'third wave' way. Can we all say 'cognitive dissonance', kids? (I can't believe I've used that much despicable management-speak — however 'ironically' — in my own free time. Please kill me.) That’s a great link, thank you.

And thank you for the web, DARPA. Funny how a medium devised for disseminating hierarchical orders has created the so-called ‘horizontal information ecology’.

Funny, also, the amount of military doctrine that gets debated online. The staff colleges can’t keep up, but their imprimatur doesn’t matter any more — apart from getting the proverbial ‘tick in the box’.

Funny, a ‘network-centric’ miltary that aspires to be what Toffler called ‘third wave’, is still wedded to ‘second wave’ education and training. But they still want to fight in a ‘third wave’ way. Can we all say ‘cognitive dissonance’, kids?

(I can’t believe I’ve used that much despicable management-speak — however ‘ironically’ — in my own free time. Please kill me.)

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