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Former Totalitarians

Desk Notes by Charles Schifano • 206 implied HN points • 15 Mar 24
💾 History Leadership Ethics Regime Decisions
  1. A life judged based on leadership in a horrific regime can be a critical aspect of history.
  2. Ethical individuals who foresaw the consequences but were not part of the consequential decisions can hold significant importance.
  3. The transition from being monstrous to making critical decisions in tough times can have lasting impacts on society.
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Divine Plots and Human Plans

Painful Signs, Or, Joel's Substack • 19 implied HN points • 20 Nov 23
📚 Literature Classics Themes Analysis Decisions Epic
  1. Book 7 of the Iliad can be divided into scenes involving divine intervention, a pivotal duel between Hektor and Ajax, and political assemblies leading to a temporary truce.
  2. Major themes in Book 7 include the complexities of gods and humans, heroism, and politics in Homeric storytelling.
  3. Homeric heroes struggle between fate and free will, with divine intervention affecting decisions and actions, providing insights into human psychology and the limits of knowledge.

Wartime and Peacetime TPM

Building Rome(s) • 9 implied HN points • 03 Jun 23
💼 Business Management Programs Decisions Leadership Success
  1. There are two types of Technical Program Manager personalities: Wartime and Peacetime.
  2. Different environments require different approaches: Wartime programs demand focus and urgency, while Peacetime programs allow for more experimentation.
  3. Wartime and Peacetime TPMs have distinct qualities: Wartime TPMs are decisive and action-oriented, while Peacetime TPMs focus on process and consensus-building.

Inaccuracy Is Your Friend - Squadron Weekly Email

Squirrel Squadron Substack • 0 implied HN points • 26 Nov 23
💼 Business Data Decisions Truth Information
  1. Don't focus on having perfectly accurate data; multiple sources of truth are beneficial.
  2. Even with noisy and conflicting data, successful outcomes are possible, as seen with the Apollo 11 landing.
  3. Embrace inconsistent information and make decisions based on the bigger picture, like looking out the window, rather than getting bogged down in details.

Test Week: The Information Gap

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 17 Aug 20
🔬 Science Health Testing Epidemiology Information Decisions
  1. Testing for a virus like Covid-19 helps solve the information problem for pandemics, potentially saving costs and impacting decisions like diagnosis, clearance, surveillance, and mitigation.
  2. The effectiveness of tests relies on the prevalence of the virus in the population; when prevalence is low, test results can be noisier and less useful.
  3. Contact tracing complements testing by providing additional information, especially in increasing the value of imperfect tests by identifying those more likely to be infected.