Steve Kwast
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Nobody would jump on a hand grenade in a foxhole for their brothers, but they do because they feel that sense of belonging so powerfully that I would die for you. And we do it in the military all the time. And it is a beautiful thing, and it's what God gave us, a sense of belonging. But even something good like that can be used by Satan for bad. But it also can be a trap.
Nobody would jump on a hand grenade in a foxhole for their brothers, but they do because they feel that sense of belonging so powerfully that I would die for you. And we do it in the military all the time. And it is a beautiful thing, and it's what God gave us, a sense of belonging. But even something good like that can be used by Satan for bad. But it also can be a trap.
Nobody would jump on a hand grenade in a foxhole for their brothers, but they do because they feel that sense of belonging so powerfully that I would die for you. And we do it in the military all the time. And it is a beautiful thing, and it's what God gave us, a sense of belonging. But even something good like that can be used by Satan for bad. But it also can be a trap.
So if I'm a fighter pilot, and I am in the Air Force, and I say that the strategic investment is to not have a person in the cockpit of a machine that doesn't have enough gas or enough weapons to go the distance and get the job done.
So if I'm a fighter pilot, and I am in the Air Force, and I say that the strategic investment is to not have a person in the cockpit of a machine that doesn't have enough gas or enough weapons to go the distance and get the job done.
So if I'm a fighter pilot, and I am in the Air Force, and I say that the strategic investment is to not have a person in the cockpit of a machine that doesn't have enough gas or enough weapons to go the distance and get the job done.
That we should invest in machines that don't have a human being in it, connected with sufficient awareness so that a human being can make the decision, if it's a moral decision, And now I have been ostracized from the entire tribe I belong to of fighter pilots that are celebrating the heritage of scarf around their neck. But it happens all the time in World War II, the beginning of World War II.
That we should invest in machines that don't have a human being in it, connected with sufficient awareness so that a human being can make the decision, if it's a moral decision, And now I have been ostracized from the entire tribe I belong to of fighter pilots that are celebrating the heritage of scarf around their neck. But it happens all the time in World War II, the beginning of World War II.
That we should invest in machines that don't have a human being in it, connected with sufficient awareness so that a human being can make the decision, if it's a moral decision, And now I have been ostracized from the entire tribe I belong to of fighter pilots that are celebrating the heritage of scarf around their neck. But it happens all the time in World War II, the beginning of World War II.
It's a great story in a book called Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers, which is the oxymoron title. But it describes why we don't innovate and the cultural reasons why we don't innovate it. Back to one of your central questions. The horse on the battlefield was the key element of rapid maneuver. before World War II.
It's a great story in a book called Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers, which is the oxymoron title. But it describes why we don't innovate and the cultural reasons why we don't innovate it. Back to one of your central questions. The horse on the battlefield was the key element of rapid maneuver. before World War II.
It's a great story in a book called Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers, which is the oxymoron title. But it describes why we don't innovate and the cultural reasons why we don't innovate it. Back to one of your central questions. The horse on the battlefield was the key element of rapid maneuver. before World War II.
Even though people like Churchill and others had been screaming for mechanization for years, it was very slow in coming and it was not, it was a little trickle of money, not big money like the Germans did for Blitzkrieg. And so as they studied, And so every army officer was required to have equestrian lessons.
Even though people like Churchill and others had been screaming for mechanization for years, it was very slow in coming and it was not, it was a little trickle of money, not big money like the Germans did for Blitzkrieg. And so as they studied, And so every army officer was required to have equestrian lessons.
Even though people like Churchill and others had been screaming for mechanization for years, it was very slow in coming and it was not, it was a little trickle of money, not big money like the Germans did for Blitzkrieg. And so as they studied, And so every army officer was required to have equestrian lessons.
You had to know how to manage horses and deal with horses in the military because that was the big thing. And when the question was asked, how are you going to beat the tanks of Blitzkrieg? They did the studies and one of my favorite studies that shows how hard it is for us to change and how hard it is to give up our tribal allegiances to the way we've always done it.
You had to know how to manage horses and deal with horses in the military because that was the big thing. And when the question was asked, how are you going to beat the tanks of Blitzkrieg? They did the studies and one of my favorite studies that shows how hard it is for us to change and how hard it is to give up our tribal allegiances to the way we've always done it.
You had to know how to manage horses and deal with horses in the military because that was the big thing. And when the question was asked, how are you going to beat the tanks of Blitzkrieg? They did the studies and one of my favorite studies that shows how hard it is for us to change and how hard it is to give up our tribal allegiances to the way we've always done it.
On the horseback as a soldier or in a cockpit of a fighter aircraft as a fighter pilot or on the deck of a battleship as a Navy captain. We can be so biased and so stuck in a mindset. We can make any study say anything we want, really, if we're that biased and that deceptive.
On the horseback as a soldier or in a cockpit of a fighter aircraft as a fighter pilot or on the deck of a battleship as a Navy captain. We can be so biased and so stuck in a mindset. We can make any study say anything we want, really, if we're that biased and that deceptive.