Marshall is such a good interviewer. He asks good questions and sincerely listens to the answer. He doesn’t come across as having an opinion of the question, but it’s a real “question” to an expert. It’s such a departure from Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow. The focus is on the guest. I like listening to Saager, Kristen and Kyle, but prefer Marshall because he isn’t a commentator.
that's a very good point at the end regarding strategic mindset/critical thinking being orthogonal to the engineering/solution execution-based mindset fostered by stem programmes
the french forgot to extend the line all along their border even the one with belgium so it was no big surprise that the nazis would just go around it and defy belgian neutrality just as they did in ww1 .. how would the blitzkreig have worked had the line been completed with no gaps?
Clearly Marshall has not seen Ratatouille. Zero recognition. As my kids were growing up, I had to sit through that movie more times than I care to count.
Ender's Game can be used in so many scenarios, in a way, the extended universe goes even farther into better war strategy, not the books based on Ender/Valentine (speaker for the dead, etc..) but the one based on Bean/Peter - and even the prequels as they go into the life if Mazer. - Ender's Game should be required reading for all humans.
I worry that our political system with its short term election cycles puts us at a disadvantage to technocratic non-Democratic competitors who can think and plan in longer time horizons. I’ve always assumed (and still do) that democracies are less brittle and have advantages but this series reminds me how China has had a consistent strategy over the past decades while ours flips every 4 years.
You have a point but as a counterargument: Theres is somewhat of a bipartisan consensus that foreign policy shouldnt change from administration to administration And these authoritarian regimes arent really techonocratic, xi jinping largely determines policy on his own and he is no technocratic expert whatsoever
The Army created the "America's Army" game, a first person shooter (FPS), as a recruiting tool. Perhaps it's time to follow up with a strategy version.
Q: what’s the new rules of war? McFate: let me introduce u some fiction books... Q: what’s the new rules of war? McFate: let me read u a few great quotes from these past guys… Q: why are u saying we are in the post-conventional war era? Aren’t we witnessing a conventional one right now? McFate: let’s do some liberal art critics & socio-cultural thoughts experiments here… Q: so what’s the future of war look like ? McFate: ok time to share the story of this WWII poor one-star army dude… Q: seriously what’s the future of war look like? McFate: (some more names and quotes from the past…) Q: ….we need to close up here, what’s ur final thought (&maybe time to tell us a bit about the new laws or the future of war… McFate: lets embrace the possibilities & admire those futurists & genius. And also buy my book it’s full of content & is fascinating :)
I think hes very thought provoking but I kinda disagree. I still think a sino american conflict would be largely conventional and economic. The reason there has been so much unconventional war is because of the unipolar moment so "low level foes" were forced into unconventional warfare. And the USSR and the cold war was largely an ideological war. And this created the possibility of easily supporting movements in other countries and thus creating unconventional warfare. The emerging cold war between china and the US is however more about national power and realism and a revisiont china trying be more dominant and this would lead to a conflict to determine who the most powerful in the indo pacific is through a conventional war
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This is a great conversation. A lot to think about.
Marshall is such a good interviewer. He asks good questions and sincerely listens to the answer. He doesn’t come across as having an opinion of the question, but it’s a real “question” to an expert. It’s such a departure from Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow. The focus is on the guest. I like listening to Saager, Kristen and Kyle, but prefer Marshall because he isn’t a commentator.
that's a very good point at the end regarding strategic mindset/critical thinking being orthogonal to the engineering/solution execution-based mindset fostered by stem programmes
This one was great. Shoutout to Sean for making me feel better about my bachelor of arts.
Fantastic episode! This guy is great.
Thanks Marshall....I enjoyed listening!
Very insightful!
Excellent! Thank you, Marshall
So, what is this guy proposing?
To fund endless gorilla wars.
Sean McFate is very interesting to listen to... lots of good ideas here
the french forgot to extend the line all along their border even the one with belgium so it was no big surprise that the nazis would just go around it and defy belgian neutrality just as they did in ww1 .. how would the blitzkreig have worked had the line been completed with no gaps?
🔥🔥🔥we definitely need more Critical THINKers in America.. instead of everything being about Greed & corruption
"Culture eats strategy for breakfast." This interview singlehandedly changes my understanding of culture war.
Clearly Marshall has not seen Ratatouille. Zero recognition. As my kids were growing up, I had to sit through that movie more times than I care to count.
Ender's Game can be used in so many scenarios, in a way, the extended universe goes even farther into better war strategy, not the books based on Ender/Valentine (speaker for the dead, etc..) but the one based on Bean/Peter - and even the prequels as they go into the life if Mazer. - Ender's Game should be required reading for all humans.
Great episode
I worry that our political system with its short term election cycles puts us at a disadvantage to technocratic non-Democratic competitors who can think and plan in longer time horizons. I’ve always assumed (and still do) that democracies are less brittle and have advantages but this series reminds me how China has had a consistent strategy over the past decades while ours flips every 4 years.
You have a point but as a counterargument:
Theres is somewhat of a bipartisan consensus that foreign policy shouldnt change from administration to administration
And these authoritarian regimes arent really techonocratic, xi jinping largely determines policy on his own and he is no technocratic expert whatsoever
This is such a bs take.
How’s that demographic obliteration leading to n inevitable starving retirement class helping them again?
So why is China building their own stealth jets and aircraft carriers? lol
So with this in mind… what is Germany going to buy with $100Bn extra spending?
The Army created the "America's Army" game, a first person shooter (FPS), as a recruiting tool.
Perhaps it's time to follow up with a strategy version.
Q: what’s the new rules of war?
McFate: let me introduce u some fiction books...
Q: what’s the new rules of war?
McFate: let me read u a few great quotes from these past guys…
Q: why are u saying we are in the post-conventional war era? Aren’t we witnessing a conventional one right now?
McFate: let’s do some liberal art critics & socio-cultural thoughts experiments here…
Q: so what’s the future of war look like ?
McFate: ok time to share the story of this WWII poor one-star army dude…
Q: seriously what’s the future of war look like?
McFate: (some more names and quotes from the past…)
Q: ….we need to close up here, what’s ur final thought (&maybe time to tell us a bit about the new laws or the future of war…
McFate: lets embrace the possibilities & admire those futurists & genius. And also buy my book it’s full of content & is fascinating :)
billy mitchell .. then in 1940 they named the b-25 medium bomber after him ..
Metal Gear Solid predicted this interview
Wait. The reason conventional war fare is the losers game is bc the US is so good at it. Also we won Iraq. Just saying
I think hes very thought provoking but I kinda disagree. I still think a sino american conflict would be largely conventional and economic. The reason there has been so much unconventional war is because of the unipolar moment so "low level foes" were forced into unconventional warfare. And the USSR and the cold war was largely an ideological war. And this created the possibility of easily supporting movements in other countries and thus creating unconventional warfare. The emerging cold war between china and the US is however more about national power and realism and a revisiont china trying be more dominant and this would lead to a conflict to determine who the most powerful in the indo pacific is through a conventional war
You need to recruit INTJs, if you want strategic thinkers.
Very insightful, thank you!