I think self-criticism is very healthy and can lead to considerable growth. I think self-loathing is extremely harmful, and leads to paralysis, self-harm, or worse. Living in the US, I think this cou… (View Post)

And ..... "The Biden administration is proposing to increase the budget for the Department of Defense's Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) programs by 3% to $114 billio… (View Post)

See my edit. The Applied Physics Lab - the biggest Lab of them all - started out as a Navy lab. (View Post)

DARPA - so I guess not specifically the Navy. Edit.. Doh!!! Of course the Navy is. The Applied Physics Lab ... (View Post)

@another_richard I'd hazard a guess that a very large part of the problem is that the vast majority of the Afghan society does not feel they have any agency. And their choice, if they feel they … (View Post)