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Transparency + Government
Jon Udell is covering some preliminary steps to government transparency from the ground up: technologically empowered groups utilizing open software to compile and manipulate data. All the government has to do is release the information in standardized form. -Shlok Sign … Continue reading
On AACS
J. Alex Halderman explains why the the AACS encryption scheme is destined to collapse. Basically, disruptive innovators are too fast and on target. (They’re inside the industry OODA loop.) -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Tigerhawk Does Not Understand Warfare
Tigerhawk offers a compelling read, but then moves into a flawed understanding of what should come next. The core of this misunderstanding is that he does not understand superempowered individuals and, as a result, warfare. This embracing of nationalism is … Continue reading
On The Insurgent Advantage
Nice overview of Brave New War by David Brooks. Link is for full article. Plenty of basic overview quotes, but my favorite: He’s collected his thoughts in a fast, thought-sparking book, “Brave New War” that, astonishingly, has received only one … Continue reading
Kris Alexander + John Robb
Wired’s Danger Room has a short interview. Tidbit: Smaller countries do better. Dubai. Singapore. They are better able to enact good policy. Microstates tend to do great. Big states are too large and present an obstacle. -Shlok Sign up for … Continue reading