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Chief engineer of the Panama Canal told his subordinates: “You won’t get fired if you do something, you will if you don’t do anything. Do something if it is wrong, for you can correct that, but there is no way to correct nothing.” Action yields information. Many defense
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Excited to share this piece I wrote for @FirstBreakfast about small business set asides and the waste they generate for the taxpayer, link below 👇🏾
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The full Maven story is just such an incredible piece of history. Col Cukor is a personality and talent on par with a Rickover or Groves
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Read the full article on X: https://t.co/Byc5e1p3gS Or on our website: https://t.co/g8dwVhBYny
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The sad saga of the Office of Defense Mobilization.
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You've heard the story of America's industrial mobilization for WW2. What about the "Forgotten War," Korea? Today on @FirstBreakfast, author of Freedom's Forge @ArthurLHerman examines the mobilization office behind America's ill-fated attempt to rearm for the Korean War. The
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The American people are being lied to about AI. The Doomers offer apocalyptic prophesies of job loss and oppression; the Utopians promise a future without toil—a life without meaning or mission. They both neglect human agency. The future of AI is not an inevitability to be
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Palantir's Chief Technology Officer argues that artificial intelligence narratives mislead Americans, citing frontline experience to show AI empowers workers rather than replacing them.
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America must reimagine the builder identity for a new generation.
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Reindustrialization is about more than money and machines. It's also about the story we tell ourselves about manufacturing—and what types of work are rewarded with status and attention. Today on First Breakfast, @EthanCopple examines the "soft infrastructure" of manufacturing.
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What else can the Department of War do to bring the best commercial technology to our warfighters? Read the article and let us know. Available on X: https://t.co/rWzSUJ0wDy And on our website: https://t.co/mOkFFl4iMS
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Practical contracting changes can accelerate the development of innovative technology.
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Technological innovation in the commercial world moves faster than government acquisition processes. To catch up and ride the wave, the Department of War must make acquisition work for startups and non-traditional contractors. Today at First Breakfast, @HunterScott, a Founding
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Stop Hunting Unicorns 🦄 Check out my latest blog in @firstbreakfast If it can’t be built, scaled, and sustained, it doesn’t matter.
🦄 Stop Hunting Unicorns. 🦄 The Department of War chases exquisite hardware while ignoring questions that are critical to victory or defeat in war: Can you build enough of it? Can you build it fast enough? Can you replace it? Today, @PalantirTech's Greg Little and Aaron
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The Last Supper is Over - @ssankar for @firstbreakfast - Guest and @PalantirTech CTO Shyam Sankar breaks down the Pentagon’s new approach to ensuring American AI dominance:
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SECWAR's speech at Starbase signals a new era at the Pentagon.
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Why the Department of War must design for what we can actually build.
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🦄 Stop Hunting Unicorns. 🦄 The Department of War chases exquisite hardware while ignoring questions that are critical to victory or defeat in war: Can you build enough of it? Can you build it fast enough? Can you replace it? Today, @PalantirTech's Greg Little and Aaron
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