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What The Daily Stoic Says About Military & Strategy
29 episodes about military & strategy
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Key Insights on Military & Strategy
G7 summit agenda restructured to focus primarily on Middle East war consequences, compressing other topics into hours
- Anthropic lost Pentagon contract to OpenAI after refusing military applications, highlighting AI companies' limited value capture
- Congress appropriated $28.8 billion less than Pentagon's munitions request for FY26, creating severe funding shortfall before Iran war began
- Augustine's just war theory permits defensive violence to protect the weak and enact justice, distinguishing righteous warfare from aggression
- The 'learning budget' strategy involves dedicating 1-10% of monthly income to skill acquisition and business experiments
- "Come for the tool, stay for the network" - YouTube subsidized hosting costs to build network effects, a strategy blockchains can replicate through tokens
- The draft reveals a year with 7-10 elite titles but weaker middle-tier options, making category strategy crucial
- Rocket's acquisition strategy creates counterbalanced business: servicing profits rise when rates rise, origination profits when rates fall
Episodes
You Need An Ethical Will | Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling
What Our Fathers Teach Us, For Better Or Worse | Tom Junod
How To Love Your Country Without Lying About It | Ty Seidule
They Give You Direction for Life | The Stoic Secret to Finding Real Joy
The Stoic Code General Mattis Lives By
BONUS | Ryan Holiday Responds to Daniel Radcliffe
The Stoic All the Stoics Admired
BONUS | 6 Stoic Rules of Arete (Excellence)
They’re Not Thinking About You At All
40 Hidden Lessons From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
What Comes After Surviving the Unthinkable | Kyle Carpenter
Kyle Carpenter on Courage, Survival, and What Comes After
Nothing Is As Encouraging As This | The Freedom of Contempt
This Can Change the Course of Your Life
It’s Not a Principle If It Doesn’t Cost You
BONUS | Books You Can Finish In One Sitting (And Actually Remember)
12 Stoic Remedies for When Life Feels Heavy
It Takes Much Longer Than You Think (Or Want)
There Will Always Be People Who Don’t Get It | Hasan Minhaj Tests Ryan Holiday’s Stoic Knowledge
BONUS | Charles Duhigg's Reading List (From Ryan Holiday)
The Stoic Secrets Great Leaders Use | Daniel Coyle
Why You Can’t Focus (And How to Fix It in 25 Minutes)
Stoic Advice for the Problems We All Face
Here’s How You Take Back Your Time | Become Dangerously Persuasive With These Books
Jordan Klepper's Reading List (From Ryan Holiday)
Why Thinking About Your Death Will Save Your Life
Who Would Ever Want to Be King? | Stop Letting Yourself Off the Hook
Lincoln’s Secret Weapon (It Wasn’t Power)
The Case for History (Before It Repeats Itself) | Kenny Curtis
Books on military & strategy
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