Show notes
Colonel Kent Park has served in the U.S. Army as an Infantry officer for over 25 years. Most recently, he was the Joint Base Commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, leading one of the Army’s largest and most complex installations. During his career, Park commanded at every level and deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of combat operations. Park served in key strategic assignments, including U.S. Army Pacific and Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea, where he advanced U.S.–ROK military cooperation and combined defense planning.
A graduate of West Point, the U.S. Army War College, and Harvard Kennedy School, Colonel Park has shaped Army modernization, installation management, and international security policy. His leadership has spanned combat operations, strategic planning, and institutional reform, reflecting a career dedicated to national defense and the profession of arms.
00:00 – Personal Experience in Mosul, Iraq
01:28 – Introduction
02:12 – Part 1: Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink
02:46 – The Getty Kouros
04:12 – John Gottman’s Marriage Prediction Studies
05:39 – Case Study: Mr. Amadou Diallo Shooting
06:58 – NCT Scenario Example
11:15 – The Limits of Human Cognition
11:33 – Insights from The User Illusion by Tor Nørretranders
12:55 – Thin Slicing and Summary of Blink
15:25 – The 10,000-Hour Rule from Outliers
18:52 – Introduction to AI in Military Contexts
20:11 – Project Maven Overview
20:28 – Palantir’s Role in Military Intelligence
21:56 – Exia Labs: Project Blue
22:24 – AlphaGo, Move 37, and Military Applications
24:46 – Centaur Chess – Human-AI Collaboration
26:31 – Adversaries and AI
27:57 – Exponential Progress & Future of Military Operations
29:42 – Tactical Recommendations for Modern Leaders
35:12 – Closing
Referenced in this episode:
Malcom Gladwell's Blink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink:_The_Power_of_Thinking_Without_Thinking
The Getty's Kouros: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103VNP
Gottman Institute Marriage and Couples Research: https://www.gottman.com/about/research/couples/
Case of Mr. Amadou Diallo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Amadou_Diallo
The User Illusion by Tor Nørretranders: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106732.The_User_Illusion
https://deepmind.google/research/projects/alphago/
Malcom Gladwell's Outliers https://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930
Project Maven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Maven
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