¶ Navy: Theory of the Navy
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"In the Navy I became exposed to the really big patterns. It was unlike the maps of early man where you would go from flat empire → wildeness → off the map → infinity.
"All the law belonged to the land. Three-quarters of the Earth is covered with water and when you’re out there on the water you soon learn that physical law is the only law!
"The British Isles were simply the western terminal of the East India Company.
“That’s what the Theory of the Navy is: a generalized theory of all the variables as in general systems theory. This is how you develop those great forecasting capabilities in both ballistics and in navigation.”
¶ Citations
- RBF to State Dept. Senior Seminar, Rosslyn, Va., 22 Dec’74
