Cognitive Engineering

In the UK we have all become accustomed to living in a democratically stable country. Yet if you trace back history it reveals that even stable countries are susceptible to a coup d’etat. This got us thinking, how do you stage a successful coup? In this week’s podcast, we discuss coups. We examine recent examples of coups around the world and ask if coups are making a comeback? We reveal the difference between coups and revolutions, draw insights from a dataset on coups and muse over historical case studies in the UK context such as the Harold Wilson plot. Finally, we draw up a fictitious plot to overthrow the British government and put forward our list of would-be demands and policies. A few things we mentioned in this podcast: - Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63885028 - Coups are making a comeback https://www.axios.com/2022/01/30/coup-attemps-countries-around-world - Armed Forces continuous attitude survey: 2022 https://www.gov.uk/government/statisti