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CLOSING SKILLS

The following is a re-post from the Art of Manliness: Oliver Wendell Holmes once wrote that a people “that shortens its weapons lengthens its boundaries.” By this he meant that men who were capable of fighting fiercely at close quarters also possessed the essential courage, the thumos, that ultimately won battles, turned the tide of war — protectedContinue reading “CLOSING SKILLS”

Strategic Relocation

UPDATE (March 2020) the Covid 19 Pandemic caught us all flat-footed, exposing how little individual and institutional preparedness actually existed. UPDATE (January 2021) FEMA creates a National Risk Index, finally quantifying the obvious: nearly every county carries some form of existential exposure. How Plagues Have Changed History[1] _________________________ Many years ago after reviewing Buckminster Fuller‘sContinue reading “Strategic Relocation”

Privacy

Updates May 2022 – Quantum computers are expected to break modern public key cryptography owing to Shor’s algorithm. As a result, these cryptosystems need to be replaced by quantum-resistant algorithms, also known as post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms. April 2022 – Digital currency – the ultimate invasion. It is only a matter of time. And whileContinue reading “Privacy”