Whistling can be a language, and there are still many to learn around the world. Whistled languages are almost always developed by traditional cultures that live in rugged, mountainous terrain or in dense forest. That’s because whistled speech carries much farther than ordinary speech or shouting, says Julien Meyer, a linguist and bioacoustician at CNRS, … Continue reading Can you whistle in 80 different languages?
In a discussion about disinformation on LinkedIn I was asked to assess a particular account: Maria Angela P. Business administrator Columbia Followers 22,031 The follower count is suspicious, to begin with. Let’s start with her self description. Business Administrator from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Marketing Management Specialist from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University; person, … Continue reading Are You Connected With a Russian Disinformation Account on LinkedIn?
I’m not convinced yet that there was a good way for the US to exit Afghanistan. Part of saying that the exit has been a disaster is to project or predict some better way to go about it. Historians of the future will undoubtedly debate whether any good exit existed at all, and I for … Continue reading Afghanistan Lessons: No Good Exits From Losing. Was There a Way to Win?
First of all I just want to say I think a new article in The Hill is excellent. It makes a lot of great points using sound analysis explaining how the Pentagon lost Afghanistan, such as this paragraph. The U.S. military still lacks a comprehensive field manual and “doctrine” on how to achieve wholesale security … Continue reading Oops: How Not to Argue the Pentagon Lost Afghanistan