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Investing in the Age of Pandemics and Collapse

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What is Business Wargaming?

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Watch the first of three videos on using Business Strategy Wargames to develop and test business plans and strategic ideas.

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The Age of Designer Plagues

Advanced Analysis Applications Director, Dr. Drew Miller, recently published an article in The American Interest about the growing threat of genetically modified bacteria and viruses and  how we can prepare ourselves to minimize the impact of the threat.  You can read the full article here.

Essential Read

Nassim Taleb's "The Black Swan: the Impact of the Highly Improbable" is a vital book for analysts to read. The Black Swan is so essential that I have summarized key points and quotes here, though you should still read the book.