This three-part video is probably the best description I have seen about how disinformation, subversion, and propaganda (or as part of it is called today, Fake News) is forced upon us in today’s digital/cyber-environment. It is a long-play utilized by governments to influence and destabilize countries. Today boosted by speed and reach, all enabled by social media. When viewed from this historical perspective, it suddenly seems very obvious what has happened.
Russian disinformation: From Cold War to Kanye West
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For random findings and notes. A combined link and noteblog. Menems are in context with the rest of the posts and also published on the frontpage.
Brad Parscale is the man that orchestrated the Trump Online Campaign. He says he won the election on Facebook with highly targeted ads — this is a very interesting interview, well worth the look if you are into how today’s information infrastructure works and how to twist peoples minds.
How Facebook ads helped elect Trump
I often state that startups are the special forces of business, so this article about Special Forces leadership is a really good read if you think your team is bleeding edge in their field. To lead high-performers in any line of work is hard, but few are as tough to lead as special forces soldiers. There is a lot to be inspired by from the tips in this article.
Secrets of “Special Ops” Leadership
”Don’t be just a tech company—you want to combine 2 skills that have not been successfully combined before”
– Reed Hastings
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live”
– Marcus Aurelius
“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats” – Howard Aiken
“Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion” – Muhammad Ali
Team collaboration will always fascinate me. Googles Project Aristotle is a research initiative with the goal to build perfect teams. Interesting result was that they found no patterns in how to achieve the perfect team, but did find lots of great insights.
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
“I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard” – Estée Lauder