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    CIA officer Gina Bennett proposes rethinking national security through a holistic 'hunter-gatherer' paradigm that breaks down rigid compartmentalization, viewing threats as interconnected rather than siloed into separate categories.

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    Our current national security paradigm is too rigid and compartmentalized. We need to shift to a more holistic security framework inspired by hunter-gatherer societies, who survived by developing integrated awareness of their entire environment rather than separating threats into neat categories.

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    Security Lessons From Hunter-Gatherers

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    Bennett's Revolutionary Framework

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