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"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff)"This generation's Hillel." (Nathan Cofnas)
Author Archives: Luke Ford
Expertise in Complex Organizations
Stephen Turner writes in the 2023 book, The Oxford Handbook of Expertise and Democratic Politics: Science is sometimes thought to be a self – correcting system: replication and the fact that other scientists must rely on the previous and related … Continue reading
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How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy
John J. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato write in this 2023 book: * Contrary to what many people think, we cannot equate rationality with success and nonrationality with failure. Rationality is not about outcomes. Rational actors often fail to achieve their … Continue reading
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Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post
Marty Baron, former Editor of the Post, writes in this 2023 book: * As our visit commenced, at seven p.m. The Post published a report that was likely to secure our No. 1 spot [on Trump’s enemies list] for a … Continue reading
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The US Is Losing – Is Israel Winning? (12-24-23)
01:00 Why America is losing04:00 Media links Trump with Nazism13:00 Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump ineligible 18:00 WSJ: Biden Convinced Netanyahu to Halt a Pre-Emptive Strike Against Hezbollah, https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/how-biden-averted-a-second-front-by-convincing-israel-not-to-attack-hezbollah-on-oct-11-e14a0a3b?mod=hp_lead_pos220:40 Is Israel winning? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4yt3r3Gsbk25:50 The Problem of Intelligence – IQ and … Continue reading
One Weird Trick To Enter An Ordinary World (12-19-23)
01:00 My Third Day Without Adderall, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15353102:00 My Subtle Low-Grade Depression, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3191103:00 My Fourth Day On Adderall, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15344905:00 WP : Trump disqualified from Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot by state Supreme Court, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/19/trump-off-colorado-ballot/26:00 Their Friendship Dissolved Over Monetarism, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15364232:00 John Mearsheimer: … Continue reading
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