5GW Theory Timeline

It’s clear we are in a phase transition from classic 4GW guerrilla warfare to something worse.

That something worse is: “the super-empowered individual that can use the technologies of self-replication to collapse/kill on a grand scale” — which John Robb calls the defining aspect of 5GW.

In the comments section, a debate ensues concerning both, the level of destruction or devastation for each succeeding generation of warfare and the level of kinetics involved in each succeeding generation of warfare.  Various commenters outline their conception of the different generations of warfare.  Along with the distinction between levels, types and uses of kinetics, a distinction between war and politics is eventually suggested, although nothing conclusive is determined.

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