Apr 15
Fragmented Rationality and Chaotic Instrumentalization in the Hormuz Crisis
Martin Griffiths received 3 irreconcilable statements from Washington in 2 hours. Each institution believed it spoke for the United States.
This is Fragmented Rationality: valid logics producing collective paralysis.
The Strait of Hormuz makes it visible—U.S. Navy clears mines while the White House announces a blockade.
Why does it persist? Mutual Chaotic Instrumentalization: China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and India all benefit from its continuation.
Chaos becomes a system, not a crisis.
The question: What will we do when fragmentation is the environment?
