Re very interesting article from former PLA major general on cyber sovereignty

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: DV Henkel-Wallace <gumby () henkel-wallace org>
> Subject: Re: [IP] very interesting article from former PLA major general on cyber sovereignty
> Date: December 27, 2017 at 2:42:11 PM EST
> To: Herb Lin <herblin () stanford edu>
> Cc: David Farber <dave () farber net>
>
> Without ignoring the fact that this statement is presumably intended to be self-serving, I find this portion 
> particularly apposite:  "...avoiding misunderstandings based on perceptions of binary opposition."
>
> You don't have to be a kumbya-humming hippie to understand that relationships are not zero sum, and that a zero sum 
> posture usually fails to get the desired result.
>
> Ironically it's lately been the warriors who have understood this while the political discourse has tended away from 
> it.  That's why the US invites its "enemies" to tour its military facilities, and why countries sign up to inspection 
> regimes for their nuclear arsenals: "if you understand how we do things and think of things then we're less likely to 
> be in an argument. And [in the US case] though we'll probably 'win' we don't think we'd like the cost."
>
> Compare that to Louis XIII who hosted his enemies at Versailles solely as a tool of intimidation.
>
> Silicon Valley, likewise, has benefitted from a less zero-sum mentality.  The lack of noncompetes, and the fluidity 
> of people passing from company to company has ben a strength, not a weakness.
>
> -d




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