The ancients, perhaps limited by the lack of Ctr+Z, version control, editors and the available quantity of actual paper or parchment they can write on, seemed to have put more thought in their language and words their use.
The Iran War Shows how Prediction Markets Can Leak Intelligence
Knowing war intel can be profitable but risky
On Strategic Waiting
By Alexandros Sainidis In boxing timing beats speed. If you catch the right moment, the glove can reach a fast-moving chin and inflict a knock-out blow. An alternative version of David and Goliath could be of speed and waiting. Waiting is viewed as a state rather than an action, though this is a simplification. It … Continue reading On Strategic Waiting
The Fast Terrorist Order
Just as food, not all offense is gourmet. Some terrorist attacks are ugly, effective fast food.
Cyberwarfare Black Ops: The largest cyber-attack that never happened
Stuxnet managed to successfully destroy roughly one-fifth of Iran’s nuclear centrifuges. But what if it had failed? Or what if Israel didn’t like the outcome and decided to strike the Iranian nuclear sites?
Survival through success: a remarkable case of ‘antifragility’
By Mr. Maverick 2025 has been a very choppy year so far. A chain of highly imponderable developments that have happened during the last years have all boiled down to this very day, where randomness has overshadowed every aspect of our lives and behavior. Events are not well-defined. The element of surprise is now officially … Continue reading Survival through success: a remarkable case of ‘antifragility’