Kater-KetSep 11, 2025
mhoye

I get a chance to talk to a local club of mostly teens and young adults soon, so I get to introduce them to two of my favourite texts about organizations: the CIA's Simple Sabotage manual, and Issendai's classic "Creating a Sick System".

One of the great gifts we can give kids early in their careers is a language for recognizing when these things are being done to them, so they can see this class of things for what they are.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184

https://issendai.livejournal.com/572510.html

Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services

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Show threadHal PomeranzSep 10, 2025

@mhoye Another favorite in this genre is the SF novel “Wasp” by Eric Frank Russell. Terry Pratchett’s infamous review was that he “couldn’t imagine a funnier terrorist’s handbook”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp_(novel)

Wasp (novel) - Wikipedia

Show threadMarius WilmsSep 10, 2025
@hal_pomeranz @mhoye sounds a bit like you might find http://www.critical-art.net/books/ecd/ electronic civil disobedience an interesting read, it was one to me.
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Show threadBill SeitzSep 10, 2025
@mhoye what's the name/purpose of the club?
Show threadEmile SnyderSep 10, 2025
@mhoye the simple sabotage manual is kind of having a moment, so definitely familiar with that one. I had not heard of the "creating a stick system" easy before; thanks for that link!