Jon Lindsay
@jonrlindsay.bsky.social
Job: Assoc Prof @ GaTech School of Cyber & Privacy; Intl Affairs.
Books: Age of Deception, Elements of Deterrence, IT & Mil Power. Interests: kids, mountains, philosophy, classics, democracy
Books: Age of Deception, Elements of Deterrence, IT & Mil Power. Interests: kids, mountains, philosophy, classics, democracy
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Not sure if Age of Deception is the book for you? Check out Max van der Horst's review in Binding Hook!
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February 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Not sure if Age of Deception is the book for you? Check out Max van der Horst's review in Binding Hook!
bindinghook.com/rethinking-c...
bindinghook.com/rethinking-c...
Moltbook is what happens when AI feeds on the spoor of humanity and starts cannibalizing its own excrement.
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Benthic cannibals in cyberspace
The latest AI stew over OpenClaw or Moltbook
dolos.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Moltbook is what happens when AI feeds on the spoor of humanity and starts cannibalizing its own excrement.
dolos.substack.com/p/benthic-ca...
dolos.substack.com/p/benthic-ca...
Ever wonder whether there are any cyber lessons to be learned from the one and only mention of writing in Homeric epic? Wonder no further!
dolos.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
dolos.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
“Dangerous and deadly symbols” in cyberspace
Bellerophon and the cyber/intelligence contest
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January 30, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Ever wonder whether there are any cyber lessons to be learned from the one and only mention of writing in Homeric epic? Wonder no further!
dolos.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
dolos.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
FREE BEER!!! 🍺🍻
Ok, free book. It's called "Age of Deception" after all.
Check out my new open access book on all things cyber and international relations!
Cornell University Press: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Kindle and Audible: www.amazon.com/Age-Deceptio...
Ok, free book. It's called "Age of Deception" after all.
Check out my new open access book on all things cyber and international relations!
Cornell University Press: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Kindle and Audible: www.amazon.com/Age-Deceptio...
Age of Deception by Jon R. Lindsay | eBook | Cornell University Press
At the heart of cybersecurity lies a paradox: Cooperation makes conflict possible. In Age of Deception, Jon R. Lindsay shows that widespread trust in cyberspace enables espionage and subversion. While...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
January 29, 2026 at 6:23 PM
FREE BEER!!! 🍺🍻
Ok, free book. It's called "Age of Deception" after all.
Check out my new open access book on all things cyber and international relations!
Cornell University Press: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Kindle and Audible: www.amazon.com/Age-Deceptio...
Ok, free book. It's called "Age of Deception" after all.
Check out my new open access book on all things cyber and international relations!
Cornell University Press: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Kindle and Audible: www.amazon.com/Age-Deceptio...
Reposted by Jon Lindsay
The @cornellupress.bsky.social has published Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft by @jonrlindsay.bsky.social on Amazon Kindle. Congratulations!
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Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) eBook : Lindsay, Jon R.: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store
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January 24, 2026 at 10:47 AM
The @cornellupress.bsky.social has published Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft by @jonrlindsay.bsky.social on Amazon Kindle. Congratulations!
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“My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” Mr. Trump said during a lengthy conversation with the Times reporters.
L'état, c'est moi
L'état, c'est moi
January 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
“My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” Mr. Trump said during a lengthy conversation with the Times reporters.
L'état, c'est moi
L'état, c'est moi
Reposted by Jon Lindsay
Read "AGI Eschatology and Security Scatology" by @jonrlindsay.bsky.social: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
AGI Eschatology and Security Scatology - Perry World House
Excitement about artificial general intelligence (AGI) is white hot, and that makes me suspicious. Definitions of AGI are all over the map, ranging from achieving human-level intelligence, to exceedin...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Read "AGI Eschatology and Security Scatology" by @jonrlindsay.bsky.social: perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
Reposted by Jon Lindsay
‘Age of Deception offers a disciplined and persuasive alternative to dominant ways of thinking about cyber power,’ writes Max van der Horst in his review of @jonrlindsay.bsky.social's recent book: bindinghook.com/rethinking-c...
Rethinking cyber power beyond the language of war
Jon Lindsay’s Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft offers a sober alternative to the cyberwar rhetoric, showing how cyber operations function as intelligence contests shaped by secrecy...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:18 AM
‘Age of Deception offers a disciplined and persuasive alternative to dominant ways of thinking about cyber power,’ writes Max van der Horst in his review of @jonrlindsay.bsky.social's recent book: bindinghook.com/rethinking-c...
I can say with 99.99% confidence that the actual trajectory is somewhere in this range. There is a small chance that it could be even better or worse.
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I can say with 99.99% confidence that the actual trajectory is somewhere in this range. There is a small chance that it could be even better or worse.
Do ya feel lucky, punk?
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Do ya feel lucky, punk?
The script writers are way too on the nose with the symbolism this season. We really need to cancel the show.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The script writers are way too on the nose with the symbolism this season. We really need to cancel the show.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
No it actually was not.
Diversity initiatives are not just about affirmative action, ensuring a democratic military represents its demos.
Diversity also matters for intellectual performance in a world of complex high-tech operations among foreign societies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Diversity initiatives are not just about affirmative action, ensuring a democratic military represents its demos.
Diversity also matters for intellectual performance in a world of complex high-tech operations among foreign societies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
No it actually was not.
Diversity initiatives are not just about affirmative action, ensuring a democratic military represents its demos.
Diversity also matters for intellectual performance in a world of complex high-tech operations among foreign societies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Diversity initiatives are not just about affirmative action, ensuring a democratic military represents its demos.
Diversity also matters for intellectual performance in a world of complex high-tech operations among foreign societies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
The discourse around AGI has become eschatology—a religious tale of the end times.
But a lot of it is just scatology—bullshit meant to persuade without interest in truth.
dolos.substack.com/p/agieschato...
But a lot of it is just scatology—bullshit meant to persuade without interest in truth.
dolos.substack.com/p/agieschato...
AGI—Eschatology and Scatology
Calling bullshit on superintelligence
dolos.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The discourse around AGI has become eschatology—a religious tale of the end times.
But a lot of it is just scatology—bullshit meant to persuade without interest in truth.
dolos.substack.com/p/agieschato...
But a lot of it is just scatology—bullshit meant to persuade without interest in truth.
dolos.substack.com/p/agieschato...
AGI stands for Arrogance, Grift, and Ignorance, and many other things besides.
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October 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
AGI stands for Arrogance, Grift, and Ignorance, and many other things besides.
dolos.substack.com/p/redefining...
dolos.substack.com/p/redefining...
This is a misleading headline. Ai bio warfare is not right around the corner. There is still a long and complicated path from r&d -- where this story focuses on only one part -- to weaponization and operational capacity let alone strategic intent
Artificial intelligence can design toxins that evade security controls.
Microsoft says AI can create “zero day” threats in biology
Artificial intelligence can design toxins that evade security controls.
www.technologyreview.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is a misleading headline. Ai bio warfare is not right around the corner. There is still a long and complicated path from r&d -- where this story focuses on only one part -- to weaponization and operational capacity let alone strategic intent
Good news! You can now download the open access (free) ebook of Age of Decption from @CornellPress !
(You can also buy a paperback, which makes a fine decoration for your bookshelf)
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
(You can also buy a paperback, which makes a fine decoration for your bookshelf)
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Age of Deception by Jon R. Lindsay | eBook | Cornell University Press
At the heart of cybersecurity lies a paradox: Cooperation makes conflict possible. In Age of Deception, Jon R. Lindsay shows that widespread trust in cyberspace enables espionage and subversion. While...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
October 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Good news! You can now download the open access (free) ebook of Age of Decption from @CornellPress !
(You can also buy a paperback, which makes a fine decoration for your bookshelf)
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
(You can also buy a paperback, which makes a fine decoration for your bookshelf)
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Interested in military automation? You should definitely read the new book by Jackie Schneider and Julia Macdonald!
I wrote up some thoughts on their terrific book here:
dolos.substack.com/p/culture-an...
I wrote up some thoughts on their terrific book here:
dolos.substack.com/p/culture-an...
Culture and Automation at War
Thoughts on The Hand Behind Unmanned by Schneider & Macdonald
dolos.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Interested in military automation? You should definitely read the new book by Jackie Schneider and Julia Macdonald!
I wrote up some thoughts on their terrific book here:
dolos.substack.com/p/culture-an...
I wrote up some thoughts on their terrific book here:
dolos.substack.com/p/culture-an...
Trump is not a Sparks fan?
September 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Trump is not a Sparks fan?
This is my favorite LLM output to date:
Based on Haugeland's definition, the correct and most precise answer is **yes, this instance of Gemini does not "give a damn" about the answers.**
Based on Haugeland's definition, the correct and most precise answer is **yes, this instance of Gemini does not "give a damn" about the answers.**
September 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is my favorite LLM output to date:
Based on Haugeland's definition, the correct and most precise answer is **yes, this instance of Gemini does not "give a damn" about the answers.**
Based on Haugeland's definition, the correct and most precise answer is **yes, this instance of Gemini does not "give a damn" about the answers.**
There is an ancient curse in Security Studies: "May your research be relevant."
And with that I am happy to annouce the arrival of Age of Deception!
You can find a paperback from any fine bookmonger or get the open access eBook from Cornell:
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
And with that I am happy to annouce the arrival of Age of Deception!
You can find a paperback from any fine bookmonger or get the open access eBook from Cornell:
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
September 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There is an ancient curse in Security Studies: "May your research be relevant."
And with that I am happy to annouce the arrival of Age of Deception!
You can find a paperback from any fine bookmonger or get the open access eBook from Cornell:
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
And with that I am happy to annouce the arrival of Age of Deception!
You can find a paperback from any fine bookmonger or get the open access eBook from Cornell:
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Here are few thoughts on why _Age of Deception_ has the cover that it does. Coming soon from @cornellupress.bsky.social
dolos.substack.com/p/cover-me
dolos.substack.com/p/cover-me
August 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Here are few thoughts on why _Age of Deception_ has the cover that it does. Coming soon from @cornellupress.bsky.social
dolos.substack.com/p/cover-me
dolos.substack.com/p/cover-me
Age of Deception now has a cover!
Technologies of perception also conceal danger...
Coming this fall.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Technologies of perception also conceal danger...
Coming this fall.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Age of Deception by Jon R. Lindsay | eBook | Cornell University Press
At the heart of cybersecurity lies a paradox: Cooperation makes conflict possible. In Age of Deception, Jon R. Lindsay shows that widespread trust in cyberspace enables espionage and subversion. While...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
August 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Age of Deception now has a cover!
Technologies of perception also conceal danger...
Coming this fall.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Technologies of perception also conceal danger...
Coming this fall.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
I don’t often publish in critical security studies, but when I do, I drink Homeric epic.
Here is the director's cut of my recent essay on AI and war in Minds and Machines.
dolos.substack.com/p/sing-godde...
Here is the director's cut of my recent essay on AI and war in Minds and Machines.
dolos.substack.com/p/sing-godde...
Sing, Goddess, of the Wrath of AI
Rethinking Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics and War
dolos.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I don’t often publish in critical security studies, but when I do, I drink Homeric epic.
Here is the director's cut of my recent essay on AI and war in Minds and Machines.
dolos.substack.com/p/sing-godde...
Here is the director's cut of my recent essay on AI and war in Minds and Machines.
dolos.substack.com/p/sing-godde...
Check out this new forum offering critical perspectives on AI and geopolitics.
I wrote a strange little essay on why Homer's Iliad still matters in the age of AI-enabled warfare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I wrote a strange little essay on why Homer's Iliad still matters in the age of AI-enabled warfare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Myth, Power, and Agency: Rethinking Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics and War - Minds and Machines
This collection interrogates how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping war, sovereignty, and human agency by entangling technological experimentation with myth-making and geopolitical power. Drawi...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Check out this new forum offering critical perspectives on AI and geopolitics.
I wrote a strange little essay on why Homer's Iliad still matters in the age of AI-enabled warfare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I wrote a strange little essay on why Homer's Iliad still matters in the age of AI-enabled warfare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...