5th Generation Warfare History, Modern Context, and (Some) Solutions

5th Generation Warfare: History, Modern Context, and (Some) Solutions
124,620 views Mar 30, 2022 450 man-hours, 107 books, and 3 copyright strikes later, we finally have our latest video. Let's see how many people we can get to unsubscribe with this one.

This is intended to be more of a reference for later, so that when we mention 5GW in future videos or other content, we can have a video to refer back to for those unfamiliar with the topic.

As always, sticking with purely the academic explanations and solutions ignores significant problems that are very real, so we also provide some thoughts and solutions that hopefully create a more rounded explanation, especially in a civilian context.

00:00 - Introduction
01:29 - First Generation Warfare
01:55 - Second Generation Warfare
02:22 - Third Generation Warfare
04:19 - Fourth Generation Warfare
07:15 - Unpacking 5th Gen Warfare
08:31 - 5GW Theories
13:51 - Characteristics of 5GW
14:02 - Mass Cyberattacks
15:02 - Mass Social Engineering
16:11 - Lack of Us-versus-Them Nature
18:29 - Non-state Actors Becoming Primary Belligerents
22:00 - Nation-states Having the Wrong Tools for the Job
29:50 - Difficult Definitions
31:43 - Artificial Intelligence
35:10 - Our 5GE Definition
37:38 - Our Solutions
38:03 - Take Care of Your Weapon
42:27 - Make 5GW Tools Irrelevant
44:21 - Raise Your Children
47:31 - Grow Your Community
49:35 - Create White Space
52:18 - Communications
55:50 - Unfortunate Conclusions and Final Thoughts

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