BLINK chapter 4 vocabulary and summary – Flashcards
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JFCOM
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Joint Forces Command
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The Pentagon
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Defense Department Headquarters
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Adversary
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The enemy, foe; a person, group or force that opposes or attacks
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Not linear
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Not following an expected course, path or sequence
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brash
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hasty and unthinking; impetuous
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Millennium Challenge
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Blue team vs Red team, Military Exercises
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Spontaneity
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impulsive action
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Apt
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a natural ability to do something
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Analogy
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A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
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The structure of SPONTANEITY
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improvisation may seem spontaneous and unrehearsed, but there is structure, rule, skill, and hours of practice
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The rule of agreement
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In improvisation you accept anothers suggestions to keep the scene moving forward
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The perils the introspection
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The risk of examining your thoughts or actions
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Introspection
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the act of looking into one's own thoughts and feelings, closely looking at why one does something or feels
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Intent
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intention or purpose; ex. Your intent is to get an A in math.
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Impaired
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weakened or damaged; diminished in strength
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Insight
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a strong sense of understanding or comprehension, awareness,
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Abate
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To lessen
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EXtra sensory perception
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ESP, the ability to know something that can not be seen, heard, smelled, tasted or felt.
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Matrix
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A way to arrange data
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PMESI
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political, military, economic, social, infrastructure, and I formation instuments (an accronym)
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Telepathy, telepathic
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Communication from one mind to another without speech, writing, or other sensory means
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Adhere
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Sticking to something
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Steadfastly
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firmly, steadily, in a steady way, without wavering or changing
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Summary chapter 4
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The red team led by Commander Paul Van Riper used unconventional spontaneous approach and defeated blue team
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Holistically
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viewing a problem as a whole, not as parts "In the act of tearing something apart, you lose its meaning"
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DIME
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The elements of national power: diplomatic, informational, military, economic
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Summary: A crisis in the E.R. Reilly developed algorithm that predicted heart attack patients 95% of time, compared with trained medical staff who only got it right 75 - 89% of the time
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Cook County Hospital in poor shape, not modernized, Understaffed, treated the poor, homeless, criminals. ER treated 250,000 patients a year.
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acclaim
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High praise
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(IV) IntraVenous
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medication delivered into the vein.
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resources
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All the things used in producing goods and services. ER did not have enough of anything: staff, supplies, beds, etc
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"In the throes"
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In the middle of doing or dealing with something very difficult or painful.
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malpractice
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an instance of bad conduct or treatment from a doctor or other professional
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risk factors
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Actions or behaviors that lead to a possible health threat; ie smoking, lack of exercise, poor eating habits
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sabbatical
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A paid leave of absence from an organization to renew or develop skills
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algorithm
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A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem
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arcane
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Mysterious, known only to a few people
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aura
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the atmosphere around something
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invincibility
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idea that one cannot be harmed in the same way that others can
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radical
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Extreme, favoring extreme change
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"Fog of war"
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-A term that characterizes the difficulties in controlling war once it starts
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rout
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Any overwhelming defeat
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Rogue
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a dishonest person; a vagabond; a playfully mischievous person.
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Deliberate
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to think over deeply
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Instinctive
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done automatically without thinking
