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A story on how military innovation is stifled

November 25, 2022 Eric Lofgren 1

In a very interesting episode of the a16z podcast, Marc Andreessen talks about how society often pushes back on technology. A famous case of military […]

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The process of military innovation — the case of continuous aim firing

November 19, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

One seemingly obvious innovation back a the turn of the 20th century which met heavy resistance within the Navy was an elevation system to keep […]

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