The World As It Is

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• jen729w · Oct 21, 2019 · Recommends

  …thankless task. I’ve no doubt it’s difficult. They really don’t get paid that much. I wouldn’t want to do it. If you’re generally cynical of politicians as a people, I can’t recommend Ben Rhodes’ book The World as It Is [4] enough. It might not make you any less cynical — spoiler: politics is a shit-fight — but it might give you a little more appreciation for the fact that the people doing this job are just that. They’re…

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• jen729w · Dec 23, 2018 · Recommends

  …perfect weapon : war, sabotage, and fear in the cyber age – Sanger, David E. The subtitle says it all. From that I’m now reading ‘Click Here to Kill Everybody’ by Schneier. Enjoying it so far. --- The world as it is : a memoir of the Obama White House — Rhodes, Benjamin J. Another obvious one based on the title. --- As a side note, join your local library, people. None of this cost me a penny. I hope you still…

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• calabin · Aug 14, 2018 · Recommends

  What book, article, paper, etc. are you reading right now? I just finished Ben Rhodes' book The World As It Is, about his eight years in the Obama administration as the U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications. I have always found the scale of a U.S. president's duties pretty awe-inspiring…

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• baybal2 · Oct 21, 2019 · Recommends

  > If you’re generally cynical of politicians as a people, I can’t recommend Ben Rhodes’ book The World as It Is [4] enough. I think this goes well for politics in the West. Politicians there "go with the flow" and almost never against. I used to socialise with Cristy Clark social circles when I lived in Vancouver.…

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