George Farmer

Another great book which I read in the last five years was The Great American Gamble, which is a weirdly kind of academic book about

america's nuclear policy in the last 70 years and when i say nuclear i mean like nuclear weapons and it really demonstrated to me that and in some ways this goes back to what we're seeing the dangers of um like conformist thinking because really what it shows you is that america

america's nuclear policy in the last 70 years and when i say nuclear i mean like nuclear weapons and it really demonstrated to me that and in some ways this goes back to what we're seeing the dangers of um like conformist thinking because really what it shows you is that america

america's nuclear policy in the last 70 years and when i say nuclear i mean like nuclear weapons and it really demonstrated to me that and in some ways this goes back to what we're seeing the dangers of um like conformist thinking because really what it shows you is that america

put itself at a position of unbelievable weakness by doing what it did, which was kind of saying, we will have this great policy of mutually assured destruction. And mutually assured destruction was a complete nonsense. And actually that, it just changed the way I thought about It changed the way I thought about defense. It changed the way I think about America's role in the world.

put itself at a position of unbelievable weakness by doing what it did, which was kind of saying, we will have this great policy of mutually assured destruction. And mutually assured destruction was a complete nonsense. And actually that, it just changed the way I thought about It changed the way I thought about defense. It changed the way I think about America's role in the world.

put itself at a position of unbelievable weakness by doing what it did, which was kind of saying, we will have this great policy of mutually assured destruction. And mutually assured destruction was a complete nonsense. And actually that, it just changed the way I thought about It changed the way I thought about defense. It changed the way I think about America's role in the world.

And so that was another fascinating book. Like, you know, there are so many, I mean, you know, you can name so many. Thucydides is a great read too, if you're into ancient history. I mean, there are so many great books which I've read in the last few years, which I would really recommend, but those are just two which stand out.

And so that was another fascinating book. Like, you know, there are so many, I mean, you know, you can name so many. Thucydides is a great read too, if you're into ancient history. I mean, there are so many great books which I've read in the last few years, which I would really recommend, but those are just two which stand out.

And so that was another fascinating book. Like, you know, there are so many, I mean, you know, you can name so many. Thucydides is a great read too, if you're into ancient history. I mean, there are so many great books which I've read in the last few years, which I would really recommend, but those are just two which stand out.

Go on.

Go on.

Go on.

Peaceful. Quiet, yeah. A quiet year. Nothing happened.

Peaceful. Quiet, yeah. A quiet year. Nothing happened.

Peaceful. Quiet, yeah. A quiet year. Nothing happened.

Very nice, yeah.

Very nice, yeah.

Very nice, yeah.

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