Fiction:
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
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Previously I’ve talked about strategy in 9-11 conspiracy theories, human behavior in the information war and strategy of cooperation versus competition. For this Sunday’s strategic discussion, I wanted to present a scenario from one of my favorite science fiction books: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein. The book is a great study of a small colony in a unique situation working to establish independence from their rulers. They have no military weapons and little in the way of resources, but they have an artificial intelligence that is sympathetic to their cause.
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Guerilla Strategy in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress » The Decision Strategist
Non-Fiction.
POWER by Adolf Berle (advisor to Lyndon Johnson)
The Screwing of the Average Man by David Hapgood
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Warning: This book is not for the weak of heart! If you were ever wondering where to invest your old age, how to sue your landlord, which bank, health insurance, or pension fund to bless with your blood and sweat, this book will shatter all illusions (that is, if you still managed to retain innocence with regard to organised crime and society). Even if it was written in the 1970s, the book is as relevant today as it was when it first appeared. Hapgood presents a brilliant analysis of how bankers, stock- and insurance brokers, lawyers, other professionals, and government screw up your average Homo Sapiens.
This quote speaks for itself: “The average man has of course always been a loser, at least since the invention of agriculture made it profitable for one person to exploit another… Sometime in the late sixties, the average man’s domestic economy stalled… In 1974 a group of congressmen led by John McFallof California estimated that wealth was being transferred to the richest one fifth of the population from those below them at the rate of $10 billion a year… This divine right of hustlers flourished from the earliest days in America… “.
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