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"Despite all the hype about the lessons from the war in Ukraine, thus far this looks like he could be writing about that war. Despite the drones etc his framework holds up. It also goes a long way to describing the real reasons why Ukraine has been holding off an adversary almost an order of magnitude more powerful than them in every dimension despite rapid tech/ttp parity." — Jul 12, 2025 08:36PM
"Despite all the hype about the lessons from the war in Ukraine, thus far this looks like he could be writing about that war. Despite the drones etc his framework holds up. It also goes a long way to describing the real reasons why Ukraine has been holding off an adversary almost an order of magnitude more powerful than them in every dimension despite rapid tech/ttp parity." — Jul 12, 2025 08:36PM
“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.”
― A Circle of Quiet
― A Circle of Quiet
“Gary Klein is a renowned and expert researcher on decision-making and cites the following aspects that experts have the ability to see which novices do not.196 1. Experts see patterns that novices do not detect. 2. Experts see anomalies—events that did not happen. 3. Experts see the big picture (situational awareness). 4. Experts create opportunities and improvisations. 5. Experts have the ability to predict future events using their previous experiences. 6. Experts see differences too small for novices to detect. 7. Experts know their own limitations. With an understanding of the differences between the experienced and the novice, we can begin to design a plan to overcome the shortfalls. Fortunately, understanding that it isn’t a “matter of intelligence, but a matter of experience” means that we can systematically set about gaining the experience necessary.”
― Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life
― Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life
“Persuasion usually came first, but military strength was always the indispensable instrument of Byzantine statecraft, without which nothing else could be of much use—certainly not bribes to avert attacks, which would merely whet appetites if proffered in weakness. The upkeep of sufficient military strength was therefore the permanent, many-sided challenge that the Byzantine state had to overcome each and every day, year after year, century after century. Two essential Roman practices that the Byzantines were long able to preserve—as the western empire could not—made this possible, if only by a very small margin at times.”
― The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
― The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
“Luxuries and indulgences were distractions from true greatness, tawdry and ephemeral baubles that dissipated energy that could be directed toward more meaningful and durable accomplishments in the world around him.”
― Crux
― Crux
“We cannot hope to recapture today the terror that the mounted horse struck into the Middle East and Eastern Europe when it first appeared. That is because there is a difference of scale which I can only compare with the arrival of tanks in Poland in 1939, sweeping all before them. I believe that the importance of the horse in European history has always been underrated. In a sense, warfare was created by the horse, as a nomad activity. That is what the Huns brought, that is what the Phrygians brought, that is what finally the Mongols brought, and brought to a climax under Genghis Khan much later. In particular, the mobile hordes transformed the organisation of battle. They conceived a different strategy of war – a strategy that is like a war game; how, warmakers love to play games!”
― The Ascent Of Man
― The Ascent Of Man
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