Eric M. Murphy
@ericmmurphy.bsky.social
Birds, Math, Literature, & Airpower. BoD Member @Strategy_Bridge, #Strategy, #Development, #NationalSecurity, #MilitaryAffairs. Repost is not endorsement. Nothing interesting to say.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
You’re correct, of course.
I was intending more to communicate that one person bet on a 1 in billions longshot and everyone else lost. Winning the lottery does not a genius make…
But I communicated something much more as you read it. (And your take is more nuanced.) Mea culpa.
I was intending more to communicate that one person bet on a 1 in billions longshot and everyone else lost. Winning the lottery does not a genius make…
But I communicated something much more as you read it. (And your take is more nuanced.) Mea culpa.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
You’re correct, of course.
I was intending more to communicate that one person bet on a 1 in billions longshot and everyone else lost. Winning the lottery does not a genius make…
But I communicated something much more as you read it. (And your take is more nuanced.) Mea culpa.
I was intending more to communicate that one person bet on a 1 in billions longshot and everyone else lost. Winning the lottery does not a genius make…
But I communicated something much more as you read it. (And your take is more nuanced.) Mea culpa.
I have so few photos of any such days. Thanks for sharing yours.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I have so few photos of any such days. Thanks for sharing yours.
For people who think they sit at the center of the spinning universe, solipsism is a valid world view.
I’ve been laughed at, chided, derided, counseled, and humiliated by bosses, teachers, peers, and strangers for having a vocabulary so many times I’ve lost count.
I’ve been laughed at, chided, derided, counseled, and humiliated by bosses, teachers, peers, and strangers for having a vocabulary so many times I’ve lost count.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
For people who think they sit at the center of the spinning universe, solipsism is a valid world view.
I’ve been laughed at, chided, derided, counseled, and humiliated by bosses, teachers, peers, and strangers for having a vocabulary so many times I’ve lost count.
I’ve been laughed at, chided, derided, counseled, and humiliated by bosses, teachers, peers, and strangers for having a vocabulary so many times I’ve lost count.
No different from an enthusiastic Lt Col or Col.
1775, eh? Guess history had to start somewhere. I mean, ‘Merica is the beginning, right?
1775, eh? Guess history had to start somewhere. I mean, ‘Merica is the beginning, right?
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
No different from an enthusiastic Lt Col or Col.
1775, eh? Guess history had to start somewhere. I mean, ‘Merica is the beginning, right?
1775, eh? Guess history had to start somewhere. I mean, ‘Merica is the beginning, right?
I know that PME instructor.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I know that PME instructor.
That’s hilarious, and a symptom of someone with a sense of what the poem is about and where the event is in the larger narrative…without having ever read the original.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
That’s hilarious, and a symptom of someone with a sense of what the poem is about and where the event is in the larger narrative…without having ever read the original.
Truth. I personally think it’s worse than that. Many of these “luminaries” are nothing but coin-flipping monkeys who hit on HEADS 100 times in a row…but they’re fundamentally no different from the other monkeys who hit TAILS on one of 99 flips.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Truth. I personally think it’s worse than that. Many of these “luminaries” are nothing but coin-flipping monkeys who hit on HEADS 100 times in a row…but they’re fundamentally no different from the other monkeys who hit TAILS on one of 99 flips.
There is a spectacular degree of silly, self-important ignorance driving these folks.
Jesus tap dancing Christ, but we have a bizarre set of influencers “influencing” right now.
Jesus tap dancing Christ, but we have a bizarre set of influencers “influencing” right now.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There is a spectacular degree of silly, self-important ignorance driving these folks.
Jesus tap dancing Christ, but we have a bizarre set of influencers “influencing” right now.
Jesus tap dancing Christ, but we have a bizarre set of influencers “influencing” right now.
Lord. You’re taking me back to my youth.
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Lord. You’re taking me back to my youth.
Fair. The right habits of mind are things I subsume (probably inappropriately) under selection.
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Fair. The right habits of mind are things I subsume (probably inappropriately) under selection.
About 30 years ago, I was deciding between grad school in Literature and Math…yes, a bizarre choice.
I applied, interviewed, and was accepted to study literature in Australia, in part because of a minor obsession with A.D. Hope.
I went another way. I don’t regret it. I have a soft spot for Hope.
I applied, interviewed, and was accepted to study literature in Australia, in part because of a minor obsession with A.D. Hope.
I went another way. I don’t regret it. I have a soft spot for Hope.
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
About 30 years ago, I was deciding between grad school in Literature and Math…yes, a bizarre choice.
I applied, interviewed, and was accepted to study literature in Australia, in part because of a minor obsession with A.D. Hope.
I went another way. I don’t regret it. I have a soft spot for Hope.
I applied, interviewed, and was accepted to study literature in Australia, in part because of a minor obsession with A.D. Hope.
I went another way. I don’t regret it. I have a soft spot for Hope.
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is why I dislike most “leadership literature.” It’s not necessarily bad—though the validity of the history/case studies is almost always suspect. It’s just low information after you’ve read any one.
The problem of leadership is not principles. It’s mostly selection, courage, and execution.
The problem of leadership is not principles. It’s mostly selection, courage, and execution.
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is why I dislike most “leadership literature.” It’s not necessarily bad—though the validity of the history/case studies is almost always suspect. It’s just low information after you’ve read any one.
The problem of leadership is not principles. It’s mostly selection, courage, and execution.
The problem of leadership is not principles. It’s mostly selection, courage, and execution.
True. I can give you any of Sinek’s books in a long sentence without significant signal loss.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
True. I can give you any of Sinek’s books in a long sentence without significant signal loss.
If someone needs an AI summary of Simon Sinek, already pablum, they’re clinically brain dead.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
If someone needs an AI summary of Simon Sinek, already pablum, they’re clinically brain dead.
I’d be willing to bet he hasn’t read a book since grade school. (A one-paragraph summary of “Ulysses” or “War and Peace” or anything at all does not count.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I’d be willing to bet he hasn’t read a book since grade school. (A one-paragraph summary of “Ulysses” or “War and Peace” or anything at all does not count.)
My favorite argument along these lines is David Baldwin’s “Economic Statecraft.”
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Economic Statecraft
A new edition of the classic work on the economic tools of foreign policy
press.princeton.edu
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My favorite argument along these lines is David Baldwin’s “Economic Statecraft.”
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
That’s a fair but narrow definition, the sort of thing that leads political economists to say silly things because they reify their models and their data structures.
By that measure, I think you’re correct.
By that measure, I think you’re correct.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
That’s a fair but narrow definition, the sort of thing that leads political economists to say silly things because they reify their models and their data structures.
By that measure, I think you’re correct.
By that measure, I think you’re correct.
Define “victory.”
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Define “victory.”
Basically, along with stability risks. The fixed rate is a huge benefit if you have the stability to support it. The likelihood of holding rental rates below a fixed mortgage over time is very low.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Basically, along with stability risks. The fixed rate is a huge benefit if you have the stability to support it. The likelihood of holding rental rates below a fixed mortgage over time is very low.
Agree completely. The distorting effects on the larger economy are immense and unequally distributed.
I agree with your larger point. I was just interested in this equity vs investment question, so noodled a little this morning.
I agree with your larger point. I was just interested in this equity vs investment question, so noodled a little this morning.
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Agree completely. The distorting effects on the larger economy are immense and unequally distributed.
I agree with your larger point. I was just interested in this equity vs investment question, so noodled a little this morning.
I agree with your larger point. I was just interested in this equity vs investment question, so noodled a little this morning.