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Double-Secret Probation
While the Western Alliance entertains itself with illusions regarding the effectiveness of sanctions, thinking adversaries continue to...
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SLP Consulting
- Aug 13
- 2 min
Moral Hazard and International Politics
Moral hazard is the notion that entities -- individuals, firms, even countries -- are more likely to take risks when they are protected...
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SLP Consulting
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Thinking through Second- and Third-Order Effects
Today's article of note discusses one stream of first- and second-order effects of the recent and tragic earthquake in Taiwan --...
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SLP Consulting
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Blissful Ignorance of the Elites
In today's article, "If National Security is the Goal, Then Leaving TikTok Alone Is the Answer," (https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articl...
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SLP Consulting
- Feb 15
- 1 min
What We're Reading -- "Why America Can't Have It all"
Few American leaders--elected, appointed, and/or in business--think seriously about how and why the United States should act on the...
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SLP Consulting
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Skeptical
Today, we are being warned (https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/politics/house-intel-chairman-serious-national-security-threat/index.html and...
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SLP Consulting
- Feb 13
- 1 min
What We're Watching -- the German Economy
As goes Germany, so goes Europe. https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/germany-really-big-trouble-perfect-storm-terrible-trends-paints-blea...
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SLP Consulting
- Feb 10
- 1 min
What We're Watching -- South American Tension
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuela-deploys-military-to-oil-rich-guyanas-border-06613730 "Venezuela is backing up its threats to...
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SLP Consulting
- Feb 5
- 1 min
What We're Reading -- The Coming Wave
The Coming Wave, by Mustafa Suleyman (2023) (Page 105) "...technologies from X-ray machines to AK-47s have always proliferated, with...
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SLP Consulting
- Jan 25
- 1 min
What We're Reading -- Range
Range, Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, by David Epstein (Page 53) "Like chess masters and firefighters, premodern...
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SLP Consulting
- Jan 18
- 4 min
The National Debt Will Be Our Demise
(Photo courtesy of Purple Slog on Flickr) Here's a recent and easy to comprehend essay from Peter Schiff (https://substack.com/@schiffsov...
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SLP Consulting
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
"Earn this"
I published a version of this essay for last year's Veteran's Day. It seems just as appropriate for Memorial Day. 1998’s Saving Private...
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SLP Consulting
- Mar 18, 2020
- 1 min
Things will never be the same (and that's okay)
In 2012, Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy wrote an interesting and informative book, Resilience, Why Things Bounce Back. In it, Zolli and...
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SLP Consulting
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
A Validation (of sorts)
It is rather heartening to see one of the world's most successful venture capital firms, Sequoia Capital, mirroring some of the same...
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SLP Consulting
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Second- and Third-Order Effects
Most individuals -- executives and independent contributors alike -- are not accustomed to thinking in terms of second- and third-order...
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SLP Consulting
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
The Long View
"In just a matter of weeks, top economists and investment bank analysts have gone from expecting the coronavirus outbreak to have minimal...
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SLP Consulting
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
Pandemics WORST Best Practices
Unsurprisingly, the spread of the novel coronavirus is radically expanding. Outbreaks in northern Italy and South Korea, combined with...
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SLP Consulting
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
What makes a patriot?
Here's a perspective that I provided to America's future generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4MyA-MNwd4
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SLP Consulting
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
A plea for institutional knowledge
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/a-plea-for-institutional-knowledge-1806.html
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