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Mark Safranski references Thomas P.M. Barnett’s thoughts on “system perturbation” and “cascading effects” when contemplating Bryce Lane’s article “On ‘Fifth Generation’ Warfare?” while agreeing with Lane that geography no longer serves to define “the Logospheric state of 5GW conflict.”

A consideration of recent blog posts on tdaxp and Phatic Communion leads to the introduction of the concept of “white noise” and 5GW. Those who hold the levers of power within a society may be influenced to act in ways which produce indirect results desired by fifth generation attackers; the actual changes or activities may not be the final goal but rather “distractors” which a) produce other indirect outcomes, or emergence, desired by the 5GW attacker, and b) enable the 5GW attacker to remain hidden.

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