8 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American aerospace and defense company founded in 1916 — maker of the 737, 747, and 787 commercial jets and major defense contractor — which has been a SpaceX competitor for NASA's commercial crew and launch contracts.
American Jungian analyst who wrote The Inner World of Trauma — the most influential Jungian account of the psyche's response to early trauma — arguing that the psyche protects itself from overwhelming experience through a daimonic self-care system that simultaneously protects and imprisons the traumatized inner child.
American defense company built through acquisitions by John Jay Hopkins in the 1950s — which makes nuclear submarines (Electric Boat), Gulfstream business jets, M1 Abrams tanks, and Stryker armored vehicles — making it one of the most diversified major defense contractors.
American executive who transformed General Dynamics into one of the largest defense companies in the United States — through a series of acquisitions including Convair, Electric Boat, and others — building one of the most diverse defense portfolios of the Cold War era.
British Conservative politician — former Secretary of State for Defence and International Trade — who was a consistent Thatcherite and pro-Atlanticist voice in the Conservative Party — resigned from Defense over a lobbying scandal in 2011.
American aerospace and defense company — famous for the Skunk Works advanced development division that produced the U-2, SR-71 Blackbird, and F-117 stealth fighter — which operated under Kelly Johnson's famous 14 rules of development: small team, direct access, minimal reporting.
US Secretary of Defense (1961–1968) — Ford Motor Company president — World Bank president (1968–1981) — architect of US Vietnam War escalation — who acknowledged in his memoir (In Retrospect, 1995) that the war was a mistake — one of the most consequential and tragic figures in American public service.
Alexandr Wang's data infrastructure company for AI — providing human-labeled training data, RLHF, and model evaluation services — serving both commercial AI labs and the US government/military.