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John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
Ben-Gurion had forbidden the employment of any former members of the right-wing underground in government departments, and many of them were jobless, frustrated, and hungry for action. The Shin Bet believed that some of them were dangerous and were liable to start underground movements against the regime. Harel aimed to kill two birds: to set up hi
... See moreRonen Bergman • Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
In economics the particles, that is, agents, are endowed with some kind of foresight. Their image of the future affects the present.
Jessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
Backdoor and front-door references.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Gregory Carlson
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Look, sometimes you have to make quick decisions. You can’t just have humans make them; you have to combine human and machine methods.”
W. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
SAYERET MATKAL In 1957, Avraham Arnan, an unorthodox and entrepreneurial officer of the HUMINT unit of the Intelligence Corps, established a new unit subordinated directly to the head of AMAN. Designated Unit 269, the innovative new group was Sayeret Matkal, the GHQ Reconnaissance Unit. The personnel of this unit consisted of first-rate warriors, w
... See moreEphraim Lapid • The Israeli Intelligence Community
Later, Jenka Ratner, Yedidia Shamir, and Jonathan Maas joined Uzi Sharon and designed remote-controlled explosive boats.