tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post6958484584378244526..comments2024-01-08T00:40:50.918-08:00Comments on The Dragon's Tales: State Failure is On the Russian MindUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-1109408950294910032009-02-09T11:03:00.000-08:002009-02-09T11:03:00.000-08:00heh, TW, I suspect that the Russian prof that gene...heh, TW, I suspect that the Russian prof that generated that map is just plain bonkers. He really doesn't understand us. Hell, my wife, a Ukrainian immigrant, has been slowly coming to grips with the fact that Americans are just soooo...alien.Will Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562404098136557872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-9375503496688399032009-02-08T22:26:00.000-08:002009-02-08T22:26:00.000-08:00I just can't imagine a Canadian using "Zed" for Z ...I just can't imagine a Canadian using "Zed" for Z in Missouri and living long enough to have any significant effect on the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-73673476726936382132009-02-03T15:31:00.000-08:002009-02-03T15:31:00.000-08:00And I'm sure Germany would send a gunboat to Kalin...And I'm sure Germany would send a gunboat to Kaliningrad -- errrr -- Königsberg... ;-)James Dowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058389162481491681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-37824569166691935252009-01-28T11:48:00.000-08:002009-01-28T11:48:00.000-08:00The top map seems to be based on a diffusion model...<I> The top map seems to be based on a diffusion model of influence projection. Because northeastern Russia is so sparsely populated, under that assumption *any* power is going to spread like butter over the region.</I><BR/><BR/>They did offer to sell it to us once upon a time. Maybe that plagues their thoughts too. <BR/><BR/><I><BR/><BR/>More interesting to me is the shaded region near Finland. Apparently St. Petersburg will soon fall under the Suomic whip (although I believe some people pay for that privilege).</I><BR/><BR/>lol.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, the whole thing is just goofy. However, it seems to have its place as fear mongering and the like.<BR/><BR/>However, the Suomic March on Moscow would be freakin awesome.<BR/><BR/>The wholeWill Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562404098136557872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-55605186149231002632009-01-28T11:31:00.000-08:002009-01-28T11:31:00.000-08:00The top map seems to be based on a diffusion model...The top map seems to be based on a diffusion model of influence projection. Because northeastern Russia is so sparsely populated, under that assumption *any* power is going to spread like butter over the region.<BR/><BR/>More interesting to me is the shaded region near Finland. Apparently St. Petersburg will soon fall under the Suomic whip (although I believe some people pay for that privilege).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-64452228450766092612009-01-28T09:24:00.000-08:002009-01-28T09:24:00.000-08:00I was just joking. Apologies on not making that cl...I was just joking. Apologies on not making that clear. Well, I was serious about the other guy(s) doing the original studies as being loons (again, and/or pushing propaganda as you mentioned, which I guess depends on how seriously people in Russia take him).Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808034942220416445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-76067830713586330352009-01-28T09:20:00.000-08:002009-01-28T09:20:00.000-08:00That's funny, Carlos! I thought it looked familia...That's funny, Carlos! I thought it looked familiar, but I couldn't place their train of thought where I'd seen it before. How damned funny. Forrester that man that bequeathed intellectual herpes!<BR/><BR/>Tom. I don't think China is going to eat us. I think they're a threat, big time, but we're about to see how resilient their system is here shortly. The economic equivalent of a famine is about to hit and we'll see how well their regime and economy will do. China had the great fortune to grow their economy in a hot house and suddenly the windows and doors have been thrown wide open in January.Will Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562404098136557872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-43174347226380035422009-01-28T06:37:00.000-08:002009-01-28T06:37:00.000-08:00I agree, either he's a loon or this is "rally arou...I agree, either he's a loon or this is "rally around the flag". Or maybe we really will take control of some of Russia while China takes control of us. The combined scenario has my vote.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808034942220416445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-26709779853983558622009-01-27T19:10:00.000-08:002009-01-27T19:10:00.000-08:00omg, they're using Jay Forrester's System Dynamics...omg, they're using Jay Forrester's System Dynamics. The guy thought that the future could be analyzed like a circuit component. It's the methodology behind Limits to Growth, perhaps the most influential crappy computer model ever, and it looks like it still is producing similar results.<BR/><BR/>Ugh.<BR/><BR/>CarlosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092066.post-36088727356589021162009-01-27T18:05:00.000-08:002009-01-27T18:05:00.000-08:00I think that picture came from this linkhttp://onl...I think that picture came from this link<BR/><BR/>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html<BR/><BR/>Aside from that, I'd suggest a much more thoughtful (bittersweetly hilariously so) russian professor in the form of Dmitri Orlov<BR/><BR/>http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com