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I read books so you don't have to.

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Aleksa's Book Review
@aleksaburmazepam Mar 20, 2020, 12:16 AM UTC

BANGER OF THE WEEK: Sebastian Junger's War

After a somewhat anemic week of military philosophy and science, I was about ready to call it quits. However, I was visited by an excellent tome that knocked me out of my socks. This one is one part…

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@aleksaburmazepam Mar 19, 2020, 10:59 PM UTC

Aleksa's Book Review: De Re Militari

Written by a man who never went to war, this is a treatise on the nature of war and the logistics thereof. I'll be honest and say that the author does an excellent job of presenting his knowledge as…

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@aleksaburmazepam Mar 19, 2020, 10:49 PM UTC

Aleksa's Book Review: Tao Te Ching

To be quite honest, I had higher hopes for the core text of Taoism. Although it speaks of "The Way" in a poetic and frankly very beautiful prose and lyric, it wasn't nearly as moving as the tome by M…

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@aleksaburmazepam Mar 19, 2020, 8:21 PM UTC

Aleksa's Book Review: The Book of Five Rings

A somewhat short treatise on the way of the warrior is always welcome, particularly when coming from a guy who's essentially Alexander in one-on-one combat. Musashi slew his first man at 16, and did…

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@aleksaburmazepam Mar 16, 2020, 6:13 PM UTC

Aleksa's Book Review: The Art of War in the Network Age

It is exceedingly difficult to write a great big book of war. No book I've read on the subject comes even close to approximating the type of mentality that is necessary for war-fighting. As such I wo…

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@aleksaburmazepam Mar 16, 2020, 5:54 PM UTC

Aleksa's Book Review: Reveries on the Art of War

Maurice de Saxe is one of those people who would probably be killed very quickly, were they to appear in today's time. The intro to the book explains his biography, which reads like the mythical life…

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@aleksaburmazepam Mar 16, 2020, 5:33 PM UTC

Aleksa's Book Review: Guerilla Days in Ireland

As I'm interested in all aspects of warfare, this week will see me reading some of the least-known books of the genre as everybody and their hamster's cousin has read the basics like 42 rules and the…

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@aleksaburmazepam Mar 16, 2020, 5:20 PM UTC

BANGER OF THE WEEK: Running Lean

In many ways a more profound tome than Lean Startup, this one examines the role that ego and leadership play in the process of iterating and adapting to a more successful business model. Notable is t…

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@aleksaburmazepam Mar 11, 2020, 2:35 PM UTC

Aleksa's Book Review: Zero to one

One of my greatest inspirations and, dare I say, idols, is the author of this book and founder of PayPal. It continues to amaze me how there can exist people who give up on life when there are such e…

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@aleksaburmazepam Mar 11, 2020, 2:16 PM UTC

Aleksa's Book Review: Business Model Generation

The difference between a business model and a product is very important in my mind right now, as I'm growing more capable in designing products, but I'm unable to understand the monetisation system t…

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