Donald rumsfeld, the th 197577 and 21st 200106 secretary of defence for the usa, has many claims to fame or infamy. The latter category of software runs when you boot windows, or log in, or launch certain system tools. The certainty of donald rumsfeld part 1 the new york times. The title of the movie, the unknown known, comes from rumsfelds most famous statement while serving as george w. Rumsfeld selbst spielte mit dem titel seiner 2011 erschienenen biografie known and unknown. It is a pleasure to be back in brussels and at nato. No matter what you think of rumsfeld, his classification applies nicely to software and teaches us a lesson or two about building good software.
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Press conference by us secretary of defence, donald rumsfeld rumsfeld. After all, it was set to verse in the poem the unknown, part of columnist hart seelys collection, pieces of intelligence. In the wall street journals information age column, gordon crovitz writes that if rumsfelds documentenhanced digital autobiography becomes a model, well know more about how decisions are made.
David hume kennerlygetty images donald rumsfeld and cia director george tenet, washington, d. Intelligence, determination and clear thinking are vital skills in politics, and too few leading. If i were given carte blanche to write about any topic i could, it would be about how much our ignorance, in general, shapes our lives in ways we do not know. Donald rumsfeld, and the infamous known knowns, known. Rumsfeld on the justification of war the unknown known duration. But there are also unknown unknowns the ones we dont know we dont know. Secretary of defense and congressman donald rumsfeld, directed by academy award winning documentarian and filmmaker errol morris. Donald rumsfeld born 9 july 1932 was the 21st united states secretary of defense, serving from 2001 to 2006, succeeded by robert gates. We found one unknown unknown in this book of great interest. Hire the unknowns from coast entertainments for weddings. What is the solution to the problem of unknown unknowns.
That is to say, there are things that we now know we dont know. They have a unique piano driven sound that differentiates them from every other act on the coast roster. Rumsfeld yeah, i think the reason that that phrase caught on so well is because he nailed an archetype. Some have defended rumsfeld s 2002 statement as brilliant rather than mocking, so perhaps rummy is just pointing out with the title known and unknown that most of us are just too dumb to get it. Adorning the dust jacket of known and unknown is a carefully staged. Mar 05, 2014 first, i accept that i, along with everyone else in the world, cannot know everything. Something to think about in these panic stricken times. For webconnected readers, it features more than 500 links to neverbeforeavailable original documents from donald rumsfeld s extensive personal archive. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones.
Donald rumsfeld, once made a statement that earned him a dedicated wikipedia page on the subject. The reason my rule works so well is because, as donald rumsfeld famously said, what really tends to screw up our plans are the unknown unknowns. Bbc news uk magazine what we know about unknown unknowns. The rumsfeld box 1 known knowns unknown knowns known unknowns unknown unknowns observations u n d e r s t a n d i n g yes no y e s n o i was one of the keynote speakers at this years training days event for the rocky mountain oracle user group. The life and times of donald rumsfeld is a american documentary film about the life of former u. Dec 01, 2003 rumsfeld s unknown unknowns take prize john ezard.
Rumsfelds unknown unknowns take prize world news the. Nov 09, 2006 after all, it was set to verse in the poem the unknown, part of columnist hart seelys collection, pieces of intelligence. The poetry of donald rumsfeld lyrics and sound clips. There are things we dont know we dont know, he could have been describing the apps you know youre running the known knowns and the ones you dont. Donald rumsfeld was arguably the most polarising figure in the bush administration. Nov 09, 2006 rumsfeld gave me a copy of some aphorisms he had collected during the process of assessing the ballisticmissile threat one was there are knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns i think this construct is just powerful, rumsfeld said. Nineteen hijackers using commercial airliners as guided missiles to incinerate three thousand men, women, and children was perhaps the most horrific single unknown unknown america has experienced. Rumsfeld gave me a copy of some aphorisms he had collected during the process of assessing the ballisticmissile threat one was there are knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns i think this construct is just powerful, rumsfeld said. There are three forms of knowledge awareness or the lack of it.
There are known knowns, things we know that we know. He also served as the th defense secretary in 19751977 under president ford, and in other roles under various presidents. Aug 07, 2009 steve carell calls donald rumsfeld the part i was born to play duration. The ambitions, successes, and ultimate failures of donald rumsfeld by bradley graham publicaffairs, 803 pp. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we dont know. Explore reverbnation artist charts by area or genre. The existential poetry of donald rumsfeld, and later set to music by. Videos you watch may be added to the tvs watch history and influence tv recommendations. Mar 25, 2014 many people associate the phrases the known known, the known unknown and the unknown unknown with rumsfeld, but few people are aware of how he first presented these ideas to the public. Errol morris is back with a new piece on his ny times blog about how the holes in peoples knowledge affect their actions. The unknowns are an incredible scottish covers band. While former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld never spoke or wrote about software as far as i know, his quip about unknown unknowns during the early months of the iraq war is well known. The new songs have been featured on cnn, npr, the bbc, and elsewhere in the media and are available on cd from stuffed penguin music.
He didnt elaborate but mr rumsfeld meant he was talking about revelations that were either anticipated known unknowns or completely unexpected unknown unknowns. Adorning the dust jacket of known and unknown is a. Remember rumsfelds known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknows. And the only way that unknown unknowns become known is time and miles. The unknown unknowns, we do not even know we dont know them. I first heard a variant of the phrase known unknowns in a discussion with former nasa administrator william r. Rumsfelds statement brought much fame and public attention to the concepts of known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns, but national security and intelligence professionals have long used an analysis technique referred to as the johari window. Welcome to the detail page for the disarmingly funny set of songs, the poetry of donald rumsfeld. Steve carell calls donald rumsfeld the part i was born to play duration.
Mixing unknown unknowns cuny school of public health. Because you said several unknowns, and im just wondering if this is an unknown unknown. That is to say, there are things that we know we dont know. Known knowns, unknown knowns, and unknown unknowns.
The unknown known, errol morris, bush, war, iraq, 911, rumsfeld the unknown known also known as the unknown known. The title of rumsfelds memoir would seem to continue rumsfelds making fun of the press. For exposures with rec ognized toxic potential and potency these are the known knowns, which clearly need enforceable exposure limits and other protectionssetting osha standards or tsca section 6 rules is the priority, although tsca testing rules might fill in some gaps in knowledge. In the wall street journals information age column, gordon crovitz writes that if rumsfeld s documentenhanced digital autobiography becomes a model, well know more about how decisions are made. First, i accept that i, along with everyone else in the world, cannot know everything. Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. For webconnected readers, it features more than 500 links to neverbeforeavailable original documents from donald rumsfelds extensive personal archive. Department of defense dod news briefing on february 12, 2002, about the lack of evidence linking the government of iraq with the supply of weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups. Remember rumsfeld s known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknows. Nov 30, 2007 to quote don rumsfeld, said mr straw, for a long time this was an unknown unknown. Jun 21, 2010 the unknown unknowns posted by jason kottke jun 21, 2010 errol morris is back with a new piece on his ny times blog about how the holes in peoples knowledge affect their actions. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. The reason my rule works so well is because, as donald rumsfeld famously said, what really tends to screw up our plans are the unknown unknowns and the only way that unknown unknowns become known is time and miles.
The life and times of donald rumsfeld nyt critics pick directed by errol morris documentary, biography, history, war pg 1h 43m. In february 2002, donald rumsfeld, the then us secretary of state for defence, stated at a defence department briefing. May 25, 2014 we also know there are known unknowns. The unknown unknowns attainable adventure cruising. Reports that say that something hasnt happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns.
When youre in a position like secretary of defense, he asks rumsfeld, do you feel that you actually are in control of history, or that. The unknown unknowns if the past halfcentury of american political history has taught us anything, its that we cant possibly know the consequences of bombing or not bombing iran. Although he was a regular participant in tony blairs fortnightly videoconferences with the president, i met him only once and was in no position to decide whether he was indeed the ogre his enemies suggested. Theres unknown unknowns, and theres known unknowns. There are known knowns is a phrase from a response united states secretary of defense donald rumsfeld gave to a question at a u. Rico is widely recognised as one the best male singers in the game, his incredible range and vocal versatiltiy ensures the band can cover a huge repertorie of party tunes to a very high. This is unknown unknowns by public health wales on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. To quote don rumsfeld, said mr straw, for a long time this was an unknown unknown. The moment it became a known known, we got on to it. The idea of unknown unknowns was created in 1955 by two american psychologists, joseph luft 19162014 and harrington ingham 1916. Donald rumsfeld to errol morris, the unknown known here, as with robert mcnamara in the fog of war a decade ago, morris is interested in history and how it is made, how it feels to make it. He was a known known in a world of unknown unknowns.
At this point we could get into a huge technical debate about how reliable dux rigging is, or is not. Mar 27, 2014 the title of the movie, the unknown known, comes from rumsfeld s most famous statement while serving as george w. Jamie mcintyre, the senior pentagon correspondent for cnn, returned to the real question the question of evidence. The latter category of software runs when you boot windows, or. Mar 29, 2011 donald rumsfeld discusses his long career in public service, previously undisclosed details and insights about the bush administration, 911, and the wars in afghanistan and iraq as well as his. Mar, 2020 came across another post, this one on with varying frequency, about the corona virus that takes a somewhat skeptical view of what we know. Colbert ventured to add the unknown knowns as the fourth category. The first, the known knowns, consists of things we know that we know. Came across another post, this one on with varying frequency, about the corona virus that takes a somewhat skeptical view of what we know. Donald rumsfelds known and unknown financial times. How will posterity remember the secretary of defenses most famous soundbite. Donald rumsfeld describing known knows, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. Brexit is a moving target, but one that will impact lives both in the uk and the eu27 now that article 50 has been triggered, this is one of the known knowns.
Donald rumsfeld discusses his long career in public service, previously undisclosed details and insights about the bush administration, 911, and the wars in afghanistan and iraq as well as his. Among other things i thanked our allies for their broad and prompt and effective support in the global war on terrorism. The unknown unknown article pdf available in journal of experimental psychology learning memory and cognition 382. Discover the enhanced ebook edition of known and unknown offering an unprecedented reading experience for a memoir by a major public figure. The exact content of the future euuk trade deal is one of the known unknowns, while the indepth health consequences of brexit are still unknown unknowns. The award for most baffling remark by a public figure went to an old master of obfuscation, donald rumsfeld.
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