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Clausewitz on information, a worthy selection

Clausewitz on Information  BOOK 1  •  CHAPTER 6  Information in War  BY the word “Information,” we denote all the knowledge which we have of the enemy and his country; therefore, in fact, the foundation of all our ideas and actions. Let

While you are reading the stoics…

Consider also: Epicurus, Lucretius, Machiavelli, Mill means-end and utilitarianism. Aristotle, Kant, virtue and deontology as distinguished from the Stoics and do enjoy the stoics (basically Romans influenced by the Greek rule-follower types) like Seneca and Marcus Aurelius. You could also

While you are reading the stoics…

Consider also: Epicurus, Lucretius, Machiavelli, Mill means-end and utilitarianism. Aristotle, Kant, virtue and deontology as distinguished from the Stoics and do enjoy the stoics (basically Romans influenced by the Greek rule-follower types) like Seneca and Marcus Aurelius. You could also

Great verses on sleep

Shakespeare v Nas It is about suicide. So yeah sleep is death. Nas by contrast offers a steelier view of being awake: Hamlet would have difficulty convincing me his situation is more grim than Nas above. But Nas rocks his

Great verses on sleep

Shakespeare v Nas It is about suicide. So yeah sleep is death. Nas by contrast offers a steelier view of being awake: Hamlet would have difficulty convincing me his situation is more grim than Nas above. But Nas rocks his

Tl;dr: WEB Dubois and The Souls of Black Folk

A classic, somehow missed by me in high school and college. Returning to it now as the new litigators of this topic like Coates and Cornell West have been tussling, and as new movements related to racial justice around incarceration,

Tl;dr: WEB Dubois and The Souls of Black Folk

A classic, somehow missed by me in high school and college. Returning to it now as the new litigators of this topic like Coates and Cornell West have been tussling, and as new movements related to racial justice around incarceration,

Tl;dr of Who by Smart and Street

If you tell powerful people what they want to hear, you will get book blurbs from them and consulting engagements. Who highlights Reading Who by Geoff Smart 17 new photos added to shared album Old me would have luxuriated in

Tl;dr of Who by Smart and Street

If you tell powerful people what they want to hear, you will get book blurbs from them and consulting engagements. Who highlights Reading Who by Geoff Smart 17 new photos added to shared album Old me would have luxuriated in

When trouble comes to the palace

David sometimes wins. The Yahoo Peanut Butter Memo The Nokia Burning Platform Can’t think of a famous defensive pivot. Apple came back from the dead. Microsoft retreated on consumer. Facebook made the pivot to mobile. But when Facebook today is

When trouble comes to the palace

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Productivity systems of the nerdy and obsessive

Lifetime highlight. A note from my idol on a topic I care a lot about with the gesture that maybe he cares what I think! More of my relevant writings here

Productivity systems of the nerdy and obsessive

Lifetime highlight. A note from my idol on a topic I care a lot about with the gesture that maybe he cares what I think! More of my relevant writings here

Tl;dr: Laszlo Bock’s “Work Rules” and googling “diversity” / updated

The famous Google People Operations chief wrote a book in 2015. The word “diversity” appears zero times. Here is Google’s Diversity Report from 2014, when they *started* reporting it as a company (or perhaps started measuring it). And here it

Tl;dr: Laszlo Bock’s “Work Rules” and googling “diversity” / updated

The famous Google People Operations chief wrote a book in 2015. The word “diversity” appears zero times. Here is Google’s Diversity Report from 2014, when they *started* reporting it as a company (or perhaps started measuring it). And here it

Tl;dr: Tetlock’s “Expert Political Judgment”

Tetlock is a cognitive psychologist who got much more famous recently for his great book “Superforecasting”. We read it in my Columbia class. That book has a great hook: he runs a contest and sees who wins, describing the habits

Tl;dr: Tetlock’s “Expert Political Judgment”

Tetlock is a cognitive psychologist who got much more famous recently for his great book “Superforecasting”. We read it in my Columbia class. That book has a great hook: he runs a contest and sees who wins, describing the habits