Steve Kwast
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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.
So the report that's one of my favorites that is chronicled in this book is the report that basically came back and all the psychologists and all the experts said, if you take the horse off the battlefield, the IQ of the soldier will plummet. that the horse is essential and it should be our main strategic effort to beat mechanization.
So the report that's one of my favorites that is chronicled in this book is the report that basically came back and all the psychologists and all the experts said, if you take the horse off the battlefield, the IQ of the soldier will plummet. that the horse is essential and it should be our main strategic effort to beat mechanization.
So the report that's one of my favorites that is chronicled in this book is the report that basically came back and all the psychologists and all the experts said, if you take the horse off the battlefield, the IQ of the soldier will plummet. that the horse is essential and it should be our main strategic effort to beat mechanization.
And it went further to say the way we solve it is we put the horses in trailers and carry them to the front line and then they will be fresh and they will be able to outmaneuver the tanks and kill them from behind. And they used evidence like the tank can't get through trees or it can't get over tough mountains and the horse can. So there's always evidence that can confirm your bias.
And it went further to say the way we solve it is we put the horses in trailers and carry them to the front line and then they will be fresh and they will be able to outmaneuver the tanks and kill them from behind. And they used evidence like the tank can't get through trees or it can't get over tough mountains and the horse can. So there's always evidence that can confirm your bias.
And it went further to say the way we solve it is we put the horses in trailers and carry them to the front line and then they will be fresh and they will be able to outmaneuver the tanks and kill them from behind. And they used evidence like the tank can't get through trees or it can't get over tough mountains and the horse can. So there's always evidence that can confirm your bias.
But General Marshall was smart enough and had the power of the presidency and FDR behind him, where when General Herr, the H-E-R-R, the two-star in charge of the cavalry at the time, presented this report that said the way to win against Blitzkrieg is to have a better horse and more stuff on the horse and using the horse in a better way, incremental innovation.
But General Marshall was smart enough and had the power of the presidency and FDR behind him, where when General Herr, the H-E-R-R, the two-star in charge of the cavalry at the time, presented this report that said the way to win against Blitzkrieg is to have a better horse and more stuff on the horse and using the horse in a better way, incremental innovation.
But General Marshall was smart enough and had the power of the presidency and FDR behind him, where when General Herr, the H-E-R-R, the two-star in charge of the cavalry at the time, presented this report that said the way to win against Blitzkrieg is to have a better horse and more stuff on the horse and using the horse in a better way, incremental innovation.
General Marshall essentially started investing more heavily in mechanization. But even the mechanization was tough. They turned to Knutson, who was the most brilliant industrialist of the age, working with Ford and Chrysler and some of the big mechanization. He was just a brilliant man. And he went to the Army. He was hired to help us mechanize. He went to the Army and said, what do you need?
General Marshall essentially started investing more heavily in mechanization. But even the mechanization was tough. They turned to Knutson, who was the most brilliant industrialist of the age, working with Ford and Chrysler and some of the big mechanization. He was just a brilliant man. And he went to the Army. He was hired to help us mechanize. He went to the Army and said, what do you need?
General Marshall essentially started investing more heavily in mechanization. But even the mechanization was tough. They turned to Knutson, who was the most brilliant industrialist of the age, working with Ford and Chrysler and some of the big mechanization. He was just a brilliant man. And he went to the Army. He was hired to help us mechanize. He went to the Army and said, what do you need?
And the Army didn't know. That's how stuck we can get in the tribalism and the heritage. So how would it feel for you to be ostracized from all the people that you feel a belonging to? It's very lonely, and in fact, it is devastating. But this is what innovators put up with. I mean, they'd say it's lonely at the top. It's a component of that, but innovation also has that.
And the Army didn't know. That's how stuck we can get in the tribalism and the heritage. So how would it feel for you to be ostracized from all the people that you feel a belonging to? It's very lonely, and in fact, it is devastating. But this is what innovators put up with. I mean, they'd say it's lonely at the top. It's a component of that, but innovation also has that.
And the Army didn't know. That's how stuck we can get in the tribalism and the heritage. So how would it feel for you to be ostracized from all the people that you feel a belonging to? It's very lonely, and in fact, it is devastating. But this is what innovators put up with. I mean, they'd say it's lonely at the top. It's a component of that, but innovation also has that.
It is, you are ostracized from those, how dare you? You are a traitor to the fighter pilot community if you don't think a fighter aircraft is the solution.
It is, you are ostracized from those, how dare you? You are a traitor to the fighter pilot community if you don't think a fighter aircraft is the solution.
It is, you are ostracized from those, how dare you? You are a traitor to the fighter pilot community if you don't think a fighter aircraft is the solution.
Well, you're doing the same thing, but it goes back to there's nothing new under the sun and everything is rooted in human nature. So if you understand human nature and culture and history and the lessons that have happened, as long as the history is true, that's another thing you have to work for, you can navigate a better future.