But isn’t being special rather… lonely?

When you're a rising star, they blend narcissistic personality disorders into your paycheck. The only metric you need in order to feel that societal love, is a good performance review and a bonus.

> no different to the guy in the foxhole

In peacetime, the American in the foxhole doesn’t die nor does the American or Brit across from him. Everyone merely has simulated results.

What happens if we go to war? We just gonna build a new fast procurement process from scratch when we decide we need it? How do you even decide that for a low intensity conflict?

You ever heard the phrase "you fight how you train"? We're training our suppliers to be crap.

Thought about it. Watched half of Hegseth’s speech. You’re right.

How do we fix it? Treat hurricane season as a test run for manufacturing relief shelters?

He still is responsible for the team that wrote it.

a publisher is responsible for a book, but the credit of the thing is poured onto the author.

why?

Because the book is plastered with the author's as well as the publisher's name. Their separation is easily comprehensible. Whereas when an orator delivers, the separation of the writer is not so apparent. It is automatically assumed the orator is the writer.