by zen | Nov 19, 2012 | Monitor
“….and therefore, two kinds of reactions are possible on the defending side, depending whether the attacker is to perish by the sword or by his own exertions. – Carl von Clausewitz, On War...
by Charles Cameron | Jul 26, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — two forms of creativity: far out and close in ] . . Some of the most obvious things aren’t obvious at all, until you think of them. The things my friend Derek Robinson talks about as being in the beforeground. Too close to notice /...
by Charles Cameron | Jul 3, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Escher, Borges, simulating the future, wargames, A Pattern Language, Sembl ] . MC Escher, Relativity. Ridiculous phrase, a library of windows. Unless you think, as I do, of books as windows onto different worlds, in which case it makes a...