Invested a few hours and read Brave New War. Lots to digest, but I’ll be posting as it coalesces. On second thought, I’ll hold off posting for a couple days until more readers are brought online.
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[...] On a completely different note, Brave New War next on my reading list, just like everyone else. This, incidentally, is a great example of a blog herding behavior that I’ve noticed before. Past examples include Muckian’s article on networked insurgencies, or McFate and Packer’s articles on COIN and anthropology. During a stampede, the book or article in question is thoroughly dissected and used to interpret current events until the pack exhausts itself. [...]
Opposed Systems Design :: The Forcing Function for Chinese SysAdmin :: April :: 2007 added these pithy words on Apr 25 07 at 12:53 pmMy copy came in Saturday. I won’t get to it until next weekend at the earliest. I fought the urge to start looking it in too much detail at it last night. I read the Fallows intro and paged through the index.