Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
In the summer of 1971, Zimbardo took healthy Stanford students, assigned them roles as either “guards” or “inmates,” and locked them in a makeshift “prison” in the basement of Stanford University. In just days, the “prisoners” began to demonstrate symptoms of depression and extreme stress, while the “guards” began to act cruel and sadistic (the exp
... See moreGreg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Boyd was famous for browbeating his audiences with the mantra, “People, ideas, and hardware—in that order!” What we have seen so far reinforces Boyd’s conclusion. In all the battles and business examples noted in chapter II, as well as in the Pentagon and World Trade Center attacks, groups of dedicated people found and exploited weaknesses in their
... See moreChet Richards • Certain to Win
THE PEOPLE QUESTION
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
John Boyd, a sort of warrior-monk who revolutionized Western military strategy in the latter half of the twentieth century,
Ryan Holiday • Stillness Is the Key
Social Psychology
riots/tribal terror/mob Foulkes
resonance Jordan/ Rothman/Nicolelis-True Creator of Everything CPL
reverie Bion/Ogden
outsight DeMare/Schlapoberdky
equivalence Hopper
Colonel John Boyd’s OODA loop, Three Years in Mississippi, and Herodotus’ The Persian Wars.