30 outubro 2017

Small But Mighty

Slingshots can be made with few resources, just a y-shaped branch and rubber strings. Guerrilla fighters, who by definition are often poor and unable to access the most modern weaponry, have adopted this simple weapon and inflicted serious damage on far more technically advanced enemy forces. The Irish Republican Army and the Palestinian rebels, for example, have used slingshots effectively.

And it has been reported that Saddam Hussein, when faced with a likely US invasion, released a propoganda video instructing Iraqis on how to make and use the humble slingshot to defend themselves.

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"The following question arises for a prince: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the..."

“The following question arises for a prince: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would like to be both the one and the other; but because it is difficult to combine them, it is far better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both…He must only endeavor, as I said, to escape being hated.”

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Niccolo Macchiavelli, from The Prince (1513). (via historical-nonfiction)

whetstonefires: #man nobody remembers that last bit #i swear #macchiavelli #giving much better advice than he gets credit for

Too many people read this excerpt from The Prince, and think it is license to use fear for anything. Up to and including becoming hated. 

In today’s terms, a hated leader would be like boss who threatens to fire an employee for everything, from losing a big customer down to a misspelling in an email. They are using fear too much, and becoming hated. That’s what Machiavelli is warning against. He would rather the boss make clear that losing a big customer could get an employee fired, but be lenient about a misspelling. The boss uses a little fear, but not too much, to motivate employees.

Machiavelli was really about being in the middle – not loved, not hated. Just a little feared.

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Viewing Australia's Great Sandy Desert From Space


Flying hundreds miles above, astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed Lake Hazlett and Lake Willis in Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert. Hundreds of ephemeral salt lakes are peppered throughout the arid Australian Outback.

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"The following question arises for a prince: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the..."

“The following question arises for a prince: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would like to be both the one and the other; but because it is difficult to combine them, it is far better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both…He must only endeavor, as I said, to escape being hated.”

- Niccolo Macchiavelli, from The Prince (1513).
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