5GW Theory Timeline

Summary:

A consideration of ideas found in Thomas P. M. Barnett's post, "The sandwich generations-of-war strategy" (although not actually linking it).

Development-in-a-Box is part of the work of Enterra Solutions, Barnett's (and Steve DeAngelis's employer) -- a firm that focuses on ruleset automation and other business process services. I general I agree...

However, Development-in-a-Box "has its limitations":

The Long War will not be won by just explicit rulests or implicit rulesets, just horizontal controls or vertical controls. And one is not more important than the other. Both Automated Rulesets (like what Enterra sells) and Internal Rulesets (what people quietly believe) are important.

Rather than "automated rulesets" and "implicit rulesets", what are required are "functional rulesets." A consideration of Sharia law, Communist rule in China, and American federalism implies that each is a functional ruleset for those who follow it.