People, ideas, machines VI: the War Diaries of Alanbrooke, Chief of the Imperial General StaffA largely unknown British hero, another case study in the unrecognised simplicities of high performance (and relevant to those thinking about nuclear…
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People, ideas, machines VI: the War Diaries of Alanbrooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff
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December 2022
November 2022
On Complexity, ‘fog and moonlight’, prediction, and politics VII: why social science is so bad at prediction & what is to be doneIntroduction ‘Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call Complex; such as are Beauty, Gratitude, a Man, an Army, the Universe…
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On Complexity, ‘fog and moonlight’, prediction, and politics VII: why social science is so bad at prediction & what is to be done
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October 2022
Snippets 9: Tyler Cowen interview on talent; the coming Kami-kwasi collapse; what UK politics looked like in 2010'Push what is falling'
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Snippets 9: Tyler Cowen interview on talent; the coming Kami-kwasi collapse; what UK politics looked like in 2010
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September 2022
SNIPPETS 8: The Human Handgrenade & Kami-kwasi fiasco... Unexplained by the media she destroyed her own power on Day 1... MISC on UKR…'... lifeless eyes, like a doll’s eyes...’
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SNIPPETS 8: The Human Handgrenade & Kami-kwasi fiasco... Unexplained by the media she destroyed her own power on Day 1... MISC on UKR, tech...
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August 2022
July 2022
Snippets 7: A chance to replace the Tories; mass nonpayment of bills; Chinese 'engineers of the soul' on western decadénce; Deep State…“If the value system collapses, how can the social system be sustained?” Wu Huning, adviser to Xi. A few snippets below on: Dangerous academics on…
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Snippets 7: A chance to replace the Tories; mass nonpayment of bills; Chinese 'engineers of the soul' on western decadénce; Deep State insight; airpower in UKR...
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Snippets 6: the leadership race; SW1 Reality and Simulation - 'culture wars'; why HMT should be split up; Homer Simpson was right ‘democracy…A few snippets below on: Culture wars Why HMT has too much power, destroys value, and should be split up The leadership contest SW1 myths on ‘the…
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Snippets 6: the leadership race; SW1 Reality and Simulation - 'culture wars'; why HMT should be split up; Homer Simpson was right ‘democracy doesn’t work’; UKR...
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Snippets 5: No10 farce, UKR, Tory 'strategy', AGI ruin, daycare, Direct Instruction, do shares only go up at night?!, NSN, abortion/US...Thanks for all comments on Reading List. Snippets below on: No10 farce summary Finkelstein re Tory strategy Ukraine AGI ruin Evidence on daycare…
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Snippets 5: No10 farce, UKR, Tory 'strategy', AGI ruin, daycare, Direct Instruction, do shares only go up at night?!, NSN, abortion/US...
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