Blog Archives
A Good Night’s Reading
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. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Private Militaries and Market States
Returned from the San Francisco trip, met a smart group of people in a wide variety of fields and was able to influence some thinking. Excellent lunches with a few guys in Palo Alto too. Here is the core of my thinking … Continue reading
Super Empowered Individuals + Elections
This election season is being hailed as he one where new web technology takes a central role. Political consultants want to sell the idea that blogs, web social networks and YouTube can be leveraged to win elections. They see the … Continue reading
Totten Meets Rising Kurdistan
Michael Totten has a piece up about the emerging independent Kurdistan which, to put it lightly, is problematic to the region. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
10 Ways To Empower Communities
Ten pretty decent ideas (now funded). Nothing revolutionary, but maybe that’s the route to take when strengthening community ties to build cohesiveness – an effort that is fundamentally incremental innovation based. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.