I feel like changing any culture in a constructive way is to challenge groupthink and conformity where it shows up, especially within the cultures of secrecy and compliance that exist in the national security state. Many sociology and psychology studies remind us that the human tendency to conform is powerful, even when faced with the right moral choice (i.e. Bill of Rights, Constitution). This reminds me of Stella Morabito's book, The Weaponization of Loneliness: How Tyrants Stoke Our Fear of Isolation to Silence, Divide, and Conquer. The threat of social isolation (and punishment) tends to determine what we say or don’t say. This regulates what we think and how we behave. So I feel like creating a real movement of people within our gov agencies, like a People's Oversight Board, would be interesting. Kinda like reviving what the 1949 The Fairness Doctrine could've been, where the FCC required media broadcasters to present different sides to controversial issues that affects the public (up until 1987) for honest, equitable, and balanced reporting.

Meanwhile, NATO is partnering with The Center for Media Literacy to host trainings on "critical media literacy." I blogged about CISA a while back where I referenced their "Disinformation and COVID" infographic where we're told that practicing media literacy means to "rely on state and local health official websites, as well as the CDC and FEMA’s rumor control webpage." Fifth-generation warfare is here and evolving.