The set of cultures I most want to poke this lens at, and yet want to write up not at all, are the various military ones.
High-stress environment, with a strong culture and close-to-explicit transmission to young people. And the type of stress varies considerably depending on whether you’re in the Army, Navy, Air Force… it seems like an ideal case-study. But it’s also a Whole Can of Worms. I suspect it’s a bad idea for me to try to publicly analyze subsets of American military culture with thoughts that are half-cocked.
At minimum: I kinda suspect the style of Boydian thought was an excellent fit to the challenges and culture of fighter pilots at the time. Agile judgements that take uncertainty into account, done within a competitive environment where “outmaneuvering your opponent without overextending yourself” is the name of the game.
I believe that military stuff, including and maybe especially culture, is a long-term interest of LW user, Lionhearted. You could message him, also look at his writing on mental toughness within the Strategic Review series.
I’m not sure what you expect to dig into, but fwiw this worry seems… probably overblown to me? At least, I have a vague background belief that there are tons of thinkpieces on military culture, way too many for any Powers That Be to pay attention to any particular one.
(I can imagining probing in ways that are actually hazardous, but I have a sense that the last few people who were worried about posting this sort of thing publicly mostly were overly worried)
It’s more “Ugh, I hate pissing people off on the internet” than “Oh Noes the Governments.” Whether I have good or bad things to say, it’s a contentious and semi-political topic. That said, I’m still probably overreacting.
(I’m more worried that I’ll be wrong about something, that people will badly misinterpret me or misconstrue my beliefs, or that I rub people’s personal issues the wrong way than that I Awaken the Powers That Be by… armchair philosophizing about the influence of culture on PTSD?)
The set of cultures I most want to poke this lens at, and yet want to write up not at all, are the various military ones.
High-stress environment, with a strong culture and close-to-explicit transmission to young people. And the type of stress varies considerably depending on whether you’re in the Army, Navy, Air Force… it seems like an ideal case-study. But it’s also a Whole Can of Worms. I suspect it’s a bad idea for me to try to publicly analyze subsets of American military culture with thoughts that are half-cocked.
At minimum: I kinda suspect the style of Boydian thought was an excellent fit to the challenges and culture of fighter pilots at the time. Agile judgements that take uncertainty into account, done within a competitive environment where “outmaneuvering your opponent without overextending yourself” is the name of the game.
I believe that military stuff, including and maybe especially culture, is a long-term interest of LW user, Lionhearted. You could message him, also look at his writing on mental toughness within the Strategic Review series.
Thanks! Sounds like a promising lead.
I’m not sure what you expect to dig into, but fwiw this worry seems… probably overblown to me? At least, I have a vague background belief that there are tons of thinkpieces on military culture, way too many for any Powers That Be to pay attention to any particular one.
(I can imagining probing in ways that are actually hazardous, but I have a sense that the last few people who were worried about posting this sort of thing publicly mostly were overly worried)
It’s more “Ugh, I hate pissing people off on the internet” than “Oh Noes the Governments.” Whether I have good or bad things to say, it’s a contentious and semi-political topic. That said, I’m still probably overreacting.
(I’m more worried that I’ll be wrong about something, that people will badly misinterpret me or misconstrue my beliefs, or that I rub people’s personal issues the wrong way than that I Awaken the Powers That Be by… armchair philosophizing about the influence of culture on PTSD?)
Ah, gotcha.