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Thought Examinations, Indoctrination Meetings and Struggle Sessions
On the mechanics of totalitarian terror in Mao's China.
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Dmitry Fadeyev
How Sam Walton Turned a Tiny, Failing Variety Store Into Walmart
Sam Walton’s autobiography sits at the top of Jeff Bezos’s reading list, and it’s not difficult to see why. It’s a story of the creation of a colossal…
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Dmitry Fadeyev
Why Julius Caesar Didn’t Burn His Boats
Julius Caesar is sometimes incorrectly said to have burned his boats upon landing in Britain. He did just the opposite. Here are six stories from his…
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Dmitry Fadeyev
Friction, or, Why AI Will Not Replace White-Collar Jobs
Thinking about AI adoption through the lens of Clausewitz’s concept of friction.
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Dmitry Fadeyev
The True Meaning of Crime and Punishment
“Am I a trembling wretch, or do I have the right?”
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Dmitry Fadeyev
There Are No Dangerous Thoughts, Thinking Itself Is Dangerous
Hannah Arendt on the difference between intellect and reason
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Dmitry Fadeyev
What Was Authority?
Hannah Arendt argues that not only has authority disappeared, but that we no longer even understand the meaning of the word. Furthermore, its…
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Dmitry Fadeyev
How to Ruin Your Civilization
Charlie Munger on ignorant legislatures and the morality of the cash register
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Dmitry Fadeyev
Man
By Maxim Gorky. A philosophical prose poem first published in “Знание,” 1903.
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Dmitry Fadeyev
And Then Good Deeds Are Your Enemies
On Machiavelli's "The Prince"
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Dmitry Fadeyev
Remember the Graces: Lord Chesterfield’s Letters to His Son
Lessons from the 18th century handbook for worldly success.
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Dmitry Fadeyev
The Tragic Philosophy of the Intelligence Age
On Oswald Spengler's "Man and Technics"
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Dmitry Fadeyev
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