Only a tiny fraction of the world’s population will ever discover this book. And here you are reading it. What are the odds? Aren’t you lucky? David Elikwu – Sovereign I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Sovereign, which comes out today. David describes it as ‘a guide to building a self-directed… Read More »Luck Magnet: David Elikwu’s ‘Sovereign’ is out now The post Luck Magnet: David Elikwu’s ‘Sovereign’ is out now appeared first on Driverless Crocodile.| Driverless Crocodile
TRANSLATORS NOTE (1940) [U.S. has not yet entered the Second World War] In July, 1941, the undeclared war between China and Japan will enter its fifth year. One of the most significant features of the struggle has been the organization of the Chinese people for unlimited guerrilla warfare. The development of this warfare has followed… Read More »Uproar in the East, Strike in the West: Samuel B. Griffith on Mao Zedong’s Yu Chi Chan (Guerrilla Warfare) The post Uproar in the East, Strike ...| Driverless Crocodile
Sarah Paine is a professor of History and Grand Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College. This excellent lecture sheds a lot of light on strategy in the Pacific in WW2, and contains great illustrations of how worldview affects decision making and strategy. Recommended. This one’s next: See also: One Hundred Million Souls for the… Read More »| Driverless Crocodile
Arendt wrote the prologue to The Human Condition not long after the successful launch of Sputnik raised the first realistic prospect of humanity taking its first steps off-planet, and in the shadow of threatening and perplexing developments in atomic and quantum physics (see her comments on the crisis of language in the sciences). It’s a… Read More »Hannah Arendt on science, language, politics and our future machine overlords The post Hannah Arendt on science, language, politics and our...| Driverless Crocodile