Thoughts from the Frontline Archive, January 2016

China’s Year of the Monkees
  • January 24, 2016

China’s Year of the Monkees

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”

– Confucius

“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.”

– Sun Tzu

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2016: Surprises & Scenarios
  • January 17, 2016

2016: Surprises & Scenarios

“The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.”

– Vernon A. Walters

“The fundamental nature of exploration is that we don't know what’s there. We can guess and hope and aim to find out certain things, but we have to expect surprises.”

– Charles H. Townes

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Economicus Terra Incognita
  • January 10, 2016

Economicus Terra Incognita

“The most reliable way to forecast the future is to try to understand the present.”

– John Naisbitt

“We really can’t forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can’t.”

– Alan Greenspan

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