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| − | A book titled The '''Lawrence Doctrine and Postindustrial Insurgency''' by Colonel Jonathan Gresham at least according to another book , which surely does exist.<ref>Bruce Sterling, ''Islands in the Net''<ref> | + | A book titled The '''Lawrence Doctrine and Postindustrial Insurgency''' by Colonel Jonathan Gresham at least according to another book ''Islands in the Net'', which surely does exist.<ref>Bruce Sterling, ''Islands in the Net''<ref> |
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| − | + | It draws on the example of T. E. Lawrence, who during the First World War helped the Arabs, who were fighting the Ottoman Turks. Lawrence convinced them, instead, to block the Ottomans' expansion by destroying their communication lines, which at the time were railway tracks and telegraphs. Although the Arabs were successful in fighting the Turks, they became dependent on the British Empire to provide them with industrial products such as explosives and canned food. Gresham calls the First World War “a proto-Net civil war”. In Sterling's 21st century, the Tuaregs' enemy is the Net. But whereas the Arabs were colonized by the British with industrial products such as guns, cotton, dynamite, and canned food, for Sterling's Tuaregs the necessary products of the Networld are solar power, plastique, and single-cell protein. Gresham’s book shows a pessimistic view of globalization and its mechanisms. It takes the view that it is impossible for small and economically weaker nations to stay completely independent; global influence will always be present with its positive and negative aspects. | |
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Revision as of 15:17, 11 April 2025
Meme
A book titled The Lawrence Doctrine and Postindustrial Insurgency by Colonel Jonathan Gresham at least according to another book Islands in the Net, which surely does exist.<ref>Bruce Sterling, Islands in the Net<ref>
Context
It draws on the example of T. E. Lawrence, who during the First World War helped the Arabs, who were fighting the Ottoman Turks. Lawrence convinced them, instead, to block the Ottomans' expansion by destroying their communication lines, which at the time were railway tracks and telegraphs. Although the Arabs were successful in fighting the Turks, they became dependent on the British Empire to provide them with industrial products such as explosives and canned food. Gresham calls the First World War “a proto-Net civil war”. In Sterling's 21st century, the Tuaregs' enemy is the Net. But whereas the Arabs were colonized by the British with industrial products such as guns, cotton, dynamite, and canned food, for Sterling's Tuaregs the necessary products of the Networld are solar power, plastique, and single-cell protein. Gresham’s book shows a pessimistic view of globalization and its mechanisms. It takes the view that it is impossible for small and economically weaker nations to stay completely independent; global influence will always be present with its positive and negative aspects.
