Stephen E. Arnold: Palantir’s Last Stand…
A Decision on the Palantir US Army Dust Up Looms Palantir Technologies like many Silicon Valley-type firms, takes its inspiration from logical reasoning (our software is great, therefore, the US Army should use it, not DCGS which is not great), Google methods (do not ask permission, apologize later), venture capital infused advisors (we are the …
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Stephen E. Arnold: Search Still Sucks
BA Insight and Its Ideas for Enterprise Search Success I read “Success Factors for Enterprise Search.” The write up spells out a checklist to make certain that an enterprise search system delivers what the users want—on point answers to their business information needs. The reason a checklist is necessary after more than 50 years of …
Michael Kearns: Spy agencies team up with National Academies — 25 Years Late and Badly Focused
Spy agencies team up with National Academies In an unprecedented move, U.S. intelligence agencies are teaming up with the nation’s most prestigious scientific body in a bid to make better use of findings from the country’s leading social and behavioral scientists.
Robert Steele: Reinventing the US Army Part III – Strategy, Reality, Precepts, Structure, & Leadership
Steele, Robert. Reinventing the US Army Part III – Strategy, Reality, Precepts, Structure, & Leadership, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Press, Projected Publication 2017. Part III in the Reinventing the US Army monograph series. Robert David Steele This is the author’s preliminary draft of the third of three monographs focused on …
Stephen E. Arnold: Palantir Shits Again…
PBI: Above is our editorial title, see our comment below the fold. Palantir Technologies: An Overview of What Looks Like a Muliti Front War I read “Conservatives See Political Reprisal As Obama Administration Sues Peter Thiel’s Palantir.” Here in Harrod’s Creek “political reprisal” gets translated as blood feud. The source for the “reprisal” allegation is …
Pre-Order Review: The Art of Peace – Engaging in a Complex World by Juliana Geran Pilon
5 stars Compelling, Insightful, Useful – Glosses Over Some Fundamentals This book excels at offering a compelling overview of the severe deficiencies in US national security strategy, policy, and operations – it is one of the strongest indictments I have seen of our total inability to wage peace instead of war. Among the many high …
