Dream of the Dragon

Month: April, 2010

April 14, 2010

Wintermute calling.

by Justin

Things just got that much cooler in the US Military, and that much closer to science fiction.

The New York Times today ran a story about the pending confirmation of the leader of the all new Cyber Command division of the military. Granted, this is likely an overdue initiative given how digital the entire planet has become – but in the past year, perhaps owing to China’s sudden prowess and recent accusations of its cyber misbehavior, everything escalated. Read the rest of this entry »

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April 13, 2010

Burying hatchets.

by Justin

There’s a a lot criticism lobbed at journalism today for its brevity, its focus on headlines – really, the general lack of understanding and context in most mass media. It isn’t shocking, and it’s frankly hard to avoid given the nature of phenomena like Twitter reinventing the way people consume information. Ideally there’ll be some backlash against the current deluge of information and there will be popular demand for depth – for the sorts of lessons that only emerge from an appreciation of history.

Roger Cohen over at the NY Times killed it yesterday offering just that. Read the rest of this entry »

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April 13, 2010

Redirection.

by Justin

As it turns out, endlessly fascinating and deep as China may be, I want to write about more varied news stories. There’s neither the time nor the focus for me to juggle multiple blogs, so I’ll have to diversify this beast. It’s a wonderful testament to my attention span that it took less than a week for this transformation to happen. An article I read today by Roger Cohen didn’t leave me much choice but to spread the word and offer the briefest of commenaries.

Anyway, had to happen. It’ll be a more interesting blog at the end of the day.

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