Defining Cognitive Warfare with Bonnie Rushing, SMSgt, USAF

Welcome back to T3 Talks! In this episode, Sam and Austin try to keep up with Bonnie Rushing, SMSgt, Linguist, PhD Scholar, and Computational Social Scientist. We talk about linguistics and how to maintain proficiency, the differences between enlisted and commissioned members in the armed forces, and the importance of training troops to ask 'why'. She also helps us to understand the landscape of cognitive warfare, starting with distilling over 100 different definitions of cognitive attack, preserving decision making under outside influence, and the importance of inoculation theory in war games. Be sure to check out her website at thebonnierushing.comEffort sponsored in whole or in part by the Air Force Research Laboratory, USAF, under Partnership Intermediary Agreement No. FA9550-22-3-0001. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation thereon. The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of the Air Force Research Laboratory.