How will the Taliban govern? — Ashley Jackson, New York Times, 8/17/2021
This is an interesting article for a few reasons. While revolutions and insurgencies can be emotional and live on through feelings, but governance is a business. Governance is bureaucratic, process-driven, and often boring. …
This is the Most Affordable Way to Get Into Bitcoin — Captain Sidd, Bitcoin Magazine, 8/28/2021
This article confused me. While it sets up a great argument that various forms of savings — savings accounts, bonds, stocks, and home ownership — have lost their luster, its conclusion was too weak.
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How open-source intelligence is disrupting statecraft — Shashank Joshi, The Economist, 8/10/2021
Interesting podcast on how open source intelligence is affecting global intelligence gathering. Thanks to companies such as google and other collectors, national defense intelligence is no longer only in the hands of the military. …
Two articles of the day today. I think they tail into each other well, at least in concept. I am sure there are some rules and regulations that would get in the way, but in theory, these articles provide two good points.
20 years after 9/11, ‘fusion centers’ have done little to combat terrorism — Cyrus Farivar, NBC News, 9/9/2021
Interesting article on the effectiveness of local and state “intelligence fusion centers”. These centers were spawned out of the lack of intelligence sharing prior to September 11, 2001. …
This post was inspired by The Taliban, not the West, won Afghanistan’s technological war — Christopher Ankersen & Mike Martin, Technology Review, 8/23/2021.
Very interesting article that reminded me a bit of David Kilcullen’s premise in his recent book Dragons and the Snakes. In that book, Kilcullen states that the…
