Welcome to a special series on the acquisition talk podcast that gives you an audiobook tour of my research project titled, Programmed to Fail: The Rise of Central Planning in Defense Acquisition 1945 to 1975. I’m Eric Lofgren of the Baroni Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University. You can find this book for free and over 1,300 blog posts on my website, https://AcquisitionTalk.com.

In this chapter of Programmed to Fail, we dive into how complex order in the real world emerges from simple and iterative systems of nonlinear interactions. The umbrella term of complex adaptive systems is used to describe self-organizing systems of emergent order that adapt to an uncertain environment. While these properties are not in general desirable for weapon systems that humans use in the field, they are certainly desirable properties for the defense acquisition system as much as they are for market economies. 

In this chapter, we trace John Boyd’s work from weapon systems design into complexity theory that leverages Godel’s incompleteness theorem, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, and the second law of thermodynamics. We find that the only realistic way to generate a system that exhibits complex behaviors beyond the foresight of any individual is to build from the bottom-up according to simple rules. Tacit coordination based on local conditions can then give rise to emergent order, a process not appreciated by advocates of top-down planning and built into the foundations of the Planning-Programming-Budgeting System. While complexity theories have started to penetrate the philosophy of military operations, we are still at the early stages of appreciating these ideas in the world of defense acquisition.

This podcast was produced by Eric Lofgren. You can follow me on Twitter @AcqTalk and find more information at https://AcquisitionTalk.com

Programmed to Fail - 7. Complexity

Episode 20: This month the crew ponders what it would be like to receive a message from another world. What if that message was a warning? We also discuss the advantages of instant spontaneous dehydration and why Isaac Newton is such a bully. Fire up your VR goggles, make sure you've had plenty of fluids, and take a deep dive with us into Cixin Liu's Three Body Problem.

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Dehydration for the Masses

Inspired by the work of Cixin Liu "The Three Body Problem" book series, this piece is about the wonders of the vast space, humanity's pride and how easy it is for it to crumble apart when facing the unknown horrors of the universe. Crushed even by the weight of a Droplet.

Tradução: Inspirado na série de livros de Cixin Liu "O Problema dos Três Corpos", esta música trata das maravilhas do espaço, do orgulho humano e sobre como tudo pode vir abaixo frente aos terrores desconhecidos do universo. Esmagado até mesmo pelo peso de uma Gota.

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Filmske repulzije #341 - Poor Body Problem

In this edition, Jeremy & Michael dive back into the '80s and discuss the Golden Age of Video Games! 

Learn about how a surge in technological advancements, a steady line of hugely successful arcade games, and an explosion in mainstream popularity starts a era of unprecedented success in the gaming industry! But how long will the good times last?
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For Further Reading on this Episode's Topic:

The Golden Age of Video Games
► https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_arcade_video_games

The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond
Mark J.P. Wolf (2008)
► https://books.google.com/books?id=XiM0ntMybNwC&pg=PA105

Coin-Op: The Life (Arcade Videogames)
Mark Stephen Pierce (Atari Games Corporation) (1998)
► https://archive.org/details/digitalillusion00clar/page/444/mode/2up

The Complete History of Bomberman
► https://tiredoldhack.com/2017/02/26/the-complete-history-of-bomberman/

BONUS:
Michael on In Bed with Books
► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oB5ELZ2Rzo
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The Instruction Booklet - Episode 11: All That Pixels is Gold

The Instruction Booklet - Episode 11: All That Pixels Is Gold

Home Retreats help us inject some of the powerful teachings of the Buddha directly into our everyday lives. This week we’re joined by Balajit, Singhashri and Viveka to talk about what lies behind their latest week-long collaborative venture with The Buddhist Centre [Live] - the enigmatically titled ‘The Three Bodies of Belonging’. 

In this episode we dive into the the traditional Buddhist teaching / images / metaphors / experiences of the three kayas (‘bodies’): Dharmakaya, Samboghakaya and Nirmanakaya. These are correlated respectively, via Urygyen Sangharakshita’s reading of the Tibetan yogi and mystic Milarepa, with human mind, speech and physical body. The discussion that arises out of this takes in not just what it means to belong - but also questions of longing: what the heart yearns for, how we conceive of liberation itself via an embodied and relational approach to Awakening.

We explore what individuality and collectivity look and feel like in the light of the trikaya - how the whole of the teaching is pointing to human potential where we have the same faculties, senses, heart, body and mind as the Buddha and everyone else who has ever trodden this path. In that sense, like Buddhism at its best, it’s a profoundly hopeful, healing conversation requiring honesty, vulnerability and a new perspective on ‘self’, ‘other’ and our relationships in the face of the universe.

How do we change our stories to allow for genuine and profoundly transformative connection in a suffering world? How might we resource ourselves to blow open wide our own “window of tolerance” for whatever arises in life and become beings with a boundless heart? Join us on the Home Retreat - live or after the fact - to discover with other seekers the luminous and boundless possibilities beyond trauma, fear, anxiety, heartbreak and all that holds us back from a true sense of belonging.

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