1/ Amb. Hank Crumpton ex CIA (24 years) head of counterterrorism. Among much clandestine activity led the 90 day overthrow of the Taliban after 9/11...
2/ Powerful piece from 60Minutes on Hank Crumpton...
3/ On Hank getting permission to take out Bin Laden when first visually identified...which we did not do.
4/ Hank correctly anticipating the rise of terrorist in Africa. And on heading one of the most secretive units...recruiting assets inside the US.
5/ Hank on
-China spying inside the US
- there being more secret foreign agents operating in the US than during the last Cold War
-the 1 thing every North Korean could be plied with
-the moral dilemmas
-what makes a “good spy”
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1/ A China move on Taiwan is very improbable-tho more probable if Russia moves on Ukraine.
When Putin took Crimea he faced big domestic disapproval. NOW: 1 man on hunger strike against Kangaroo court imprisonment + treatment (Navalny) catalyzes protests + Putin need for war...
2/ All Putin "needs" is (fake) justification to invade. Putin is master of deception. A lie travels halfway around the world before the truth gets out of bed.
Fake news of a "child killed" may be enough to engender outrage + justify escalation + invasion
2/ These folks + many more are motivated to and already have viral momentum making Miami a thing.
There will surely soon be a MIA type competitive coveted SXSW annual event that will bring tech x music x food x art x culture together...
3/ Those without attachments (family or kids in schools with close friends) or very young kids not yet in school or those with enormous income (fund managers tax haven) will relocate EASILY.
New schools will surely launch and build up to try to be more competitive...
Many spare PARTS can be freed from physical inventory and working capital x cash-conversion cycle —if they are merely digital files with 24/7 on-demand printing, shipping, delivery handled by Lux family co @shapeways
1/ FASCINATED by diversity + tribal evolution of (order > family > genus > species) factions of ‘crypto community’—much harder to predict human behavior than clear directional trend of crypto adoption.
-monetary renegades (tea party/libertarian/dont tread on me) like below
CODERS
i most admire the math/code/computer sci enthusiasts
MATH over MEMES
Quieter in their confidence of empirically provable superior construct
TRANSACTION Trusters
promote network + its properties over any currency
SPECULATORS
wont bite the hand that fed em well
3/ PROMOTERS/RELIGION
rally crowds + pump +induce newbies in using tribal tactics + external shame + insults - explicitly laid out in great youtube talk
FANS/GROUPIES
excited to be part of something new + thrilling have found friends, connection, community + meaning in movement
1/ A few INCREDIBLY impressive
Lux family ceos + founders + entrepreneurs—
whose names you should know who are tackling serious stuff
from AI to addiction to autonomous cars to rare diseases
matter that matters
(celebrating them and all pioneering WOMEN #IWD2021)