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Back in the 1990s, the United States had a legal conflict regarding using encrypted communications. Phil Zimmerman developed Pretty Good Privacy or “PGP” in the early 1990s, which was free and open-source peer-to-peer encryption software. It spread internationally, and so the U.S. government launched a criminal investigation into Zimmerman for
... See moreLyn Alden • Deep Dive: Emerging Markets
Richard Marcinko’s Rogue Warrior is most notable for its controversial author, who helped pioneer SOF special mission units and then was one of the first to also write about them (Marcinko 1992).
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
Network is the Next Leviathan When we say that the Network is the next Leviathan, which we can abbreviate as “Network > State” it is useful to give specifics.
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
The third scenario is that the Western tech industry itself realizes that its interests lie in imagining a new Great Safety Net for the new age of ubiquitous computing and networks—and that it shouldn't wait for feeble Western governments to take the lead. The critical (if transient) role the corporate world played in securing the legacy of the
... See moreNicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age

Lawrence not only helped lead the Arab Revolt but he also reflected on this group of irregular soldiers and their guerrilla campaign.166 Whereas other campaigns, such as those fought by the Irish or Boers, are remembered through a variety of memoirs, government reports, and histories both official and scholarly, Lawrence’s own writings were—and in
... See moreA. R. B. Linderman • Rediscovering Irregular Warfare
Asterisk Magazine Issue 01 Inaugural Issue
Resistant protocols: How decentralization evolves
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