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Hacking For Defense In Silicon Valley

Steve Blank

Iraq, Afghanistan and the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). In Afghanistan in 2002 U.S. By the end of 2007, the REF had delivered more than 550 types of equipment and more than 75,000 individual items. After being ignored for decades, Boyd’s OODA Loop drove the U.S. war fighting strategy in both Gulf Wars.

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A Gorilla’s Eyes

thebarefootvc

In 2007, National Geographic chronicled the murder of a gorilla family with moving photos taken by Brent Stirson. Then I read the NY Times this morning, with news of a bloody week in Afghanistan, more bombings in Iraq, and increased violence in Chechnya. And I know what these gorillas would think.

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