Archive - Open Source Defense

OSD 269: The social credit system has missiles now

In which we attempt to discuss OSD-relevant topics in Gaza while staying out of the politics.

Apr 15

OSD 268: Guns as effective accelerationism

The answer is always to keep innovating.

Apr 8

OSD 267: I showed you my data, please respond

“In the future, everyone’s gun purchases will be famous for 15 minutes.”

Apr 1

March 2024

OSD 266: The buffalo jump

How people are panicked into throwing their rights off a cliff.

Mar 25

OSD 265: What is technology controlled by a foreign adversary?

Guns and social media are both dangerous technology. That's a feature, not a bug.

Mar 18

OSD 264: Fully ad-o-matic

The coming wave of 2A-adjacent startups.

Mar 11

OSD 263: AlphaGo and invisible limits

Innovate or die.

Mar 4

February 2024

OSD 262: Shoot until the acorn is neutralized

“Why do you look at the acorn in your neighbor’s eye and pay no attention to the oak tree in your own eye?”

Feb 27

OSD 261: Murder rates are determined by your level of zoom

If society is bubble tea, violence is the bubbles, not the milk.

Feb 19

OSD 260: Frozen in amber

On bans that enshrine the status quo.

Feb 13

OSD 259: The floor is lava

The prohibited persons ban is the weirdest part of the Gun Control Act. And that's saying something.

Feb 5

January 2024

OSD 258: How to do SHOT Show

How to be effective at the gun industry's biggest trade show.

Jan 29

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