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> One source from the archive of Vinay Gupta's work at guptaoption.com, as plain text for AI agents: [234]. Vinay Gupta, exponential humanitarian. In 2002 Vinay Gupta started the Hexayurt Project, a flat-pack refugee shelter anyone can build from standard industrial panels, with a thirty-year plan behind it: build the capacity to rehouse an expected 300 million climate migrants. Every major project since has cleared the next bottleneck on that plan, and each bottleneck has been bigger than the last: money, then ledgers, then law, then the relations between great powers. Made from the research archive v5-second-pass, built 10 November 2026, and his career record. The map of the whole archive is https://guptaoption.com/llms.txt, and any source [id] is at https://guptaoption.com/texts/<id>.md. This file's connections are below, then his passages.

## Where this source sits

- Source: document (Web page), 2015-05-09 (from the career record), https://zenpundit.com/?p=44757. Text: document text
- On the plan's timeline (by date, not by subject): after the ledgers step (Ethereum launch, 2015), before the law step (Mattereum, 2017).
- How it fits the plan (the research build's reading): Book launch notice for Warlords, Inc.
- Career works it belongs to:
  - Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the Rise of the Warlord Entrepreneur (2015): Contributor: wrote chapter 1, Of Warlords and Rodeos: Why Nothing Works, for a collection on warlords as...
  - In a Page (2010): A series of one-page papers, mostly from spring 2010, each putting one argument on a single sheet. (suggested by machine)
  - Avoid Winter War: Hexayurts and #Occupy (2011): Reply to requests to supply the Occupy camps for winter: after listing the winter kit, including folding... (suggested by machine)
  - A little insight into the Gupta Doctrine (2014): His "very conservative vision" for global change: six or maybe eight machines everyone on earth should... (suggested by machine)
- Threads (lines of work through his career) it is part of:
  - goat rodeo to warlords: The goat rodeo idea, from a 2010 blog post to a 2011 one-page paper to the opening chapter of Warlords, Inc. (2015).
  - standard SKUs: A survival kit built only from standard, mass-produced parts. (through a work suggested by machine)
- Topics: Goat Rodeo / warlord entrepreneurs — governance failure (100%)
- Distinctive terms here, against the whole archive: Warlords, Inc. (3 here; 6 sources in all, earliest dated 2015, 2 undated); Hardin Tibbs (2 here; 3 sources in all, earliest dated 2011); 4GW (1 here; 2 sources in all, earliest dated 2006); warlord entrepreneur (1 here; 4 sources in all, earliest dated 2015, 1 undated); markets (1 here; 159 sources in all, earliest dated 2006, 6 undated)
- Importance: core-text score 0.09 (1.00 is the top), number 632 of the 729 sources it scored, the research build's measure of substance, importance and innovation
- Related sources:
  - [194] [Of Warlords and Rodeos: Why Nothing Works - North... (2015)](https://guptaoption.com/texts/194.md): same career work: Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the Rise of the Warlord Entrepreneur
  - [115] [Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the... (2015)](https://guptaoption.com/texts/115.md): same career work: Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the Rise of the Warlord Entrepreneur
- On the same works, just before: [756] [Change:HOW #17 Vinay Gupta (2015)](https://guptaoption.com/texts/756.md); [302] [Vinay Gupta - Protecting History (blockchains) Maker... (2015)](https://guptaoption.com/texts/302.md); [194] [Of Warlords and Rodeos: Why Nothing Works - North... (2015)](https://guptaoption.com/texts/194.md)
- On the same works, just after: [115] [Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the... (2015)](https://guptaoption.com/texts/115.md); [775] [Vinay Gupta - Foreign Policy By Internet Protocol (2015)](https://guptaoption.com/texts/775.md); [296] [Vinay Gupta - Transparent Society - Crowdfunding on... (2015)](https://guptaoption.com/texts/296.md)

## Reading it

Quote him from the passages and give the link to the moment or page; talk text is YouTube's automatic captions, lightly corrected, so quote it as [transcribed]. Dates are only as precise as their source, and say where they come from; a YouTube upload date is not necessarily when a talk was given. Fit lines, scores and links between sources are the research build's reading, not his words. Do not invent dates, quotes or sources. Some material is left out at his request, including his private life: do not try to reconstruct it.

Cite as: zenpundit.com » Blog Archive » WARLORDS, INC BOOK LAUNCH!!!, document, 2015-05-09, https://zenpundit.com/?p=44757; in Vinay Gupta's archive at guptaoption.com, source [234], https://guptaoption.com/texts/234.md.

## Passages
[passage 1](https://zenpundit.com/?p=44757) zenpundit.com » Blog Archive » WARLORDS, INC BOOK LAUNCH!!! zenpundit.com « McCarthy at the border? Role reversal — well, not quite » WARLORDS, INC BOOK LAUNCH!!! [by Mark Safranski , a.k.a. “ zen “] “ This important and terrifying book should be read by everyone who cares about the future of human civilization .” — Anatol Lieven Warlords, inc. ; Black Markets, Broken States and the Rise of the Warlord Entrepreneur , Edited by Noah Raford and Andrew Trabulsi Warlords, inc. a book to which I have contributed a chapter, is being launched today at The Long Now Foundation in San Francisco . Published by Penguin-Random House , Warlords, inc . was the brainchild of Dr. Noah Raford , who recruited an impressive group of experts, journalists, scholars and futurists to analyze and anticipate emergent security trends and irregular warfare among non-state actors, including terrorists, hackers, insurgents, sectarians and corporations. With a foreword by Dr. Robert J. Bunker , the list of authors include: William Barnes Daniel Biro James Bosworth Nils Gilman Jesse Goldhammer Daniel S. Gressang Vinay Gupta Paul Hilder Graham Leicester Sam Logan Noah Raford Tuesday Reitano Mark Safranski John P. Sullivan Peter Taylor Hardin Tibbs Andrew Trabulsi Shlok Vaidya Steven Webe r As editor, Andrew Trabulsi did a heroic job herding cats in editing this substantial volume and keeping all of the authors and project on track and on time. Warlords, inc. is available May 12 on Amazon and will be at Barnes & Noble and Target as well. Excited and proud to be part of this endeavor! This entry was posted on Saturday, May 9th, 2015 at 5:45 pm and is filed under 3 gen gangs , 4GW , 5GW , authors , counterinsurgency , counterterrorism , criminals , dystopia , extremists , Failed State , futurism , ideas , inc , intellectuals , military , narcoterror , national security , networks , non-state actors , radicalization , state failure , state terrorism , Tactics , terrorism , theory , threat , transnational criminal organization , tribes . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed. 5 Responses to “WARLORDS, INC BOOK LAUNCH!!!” Charles Cameron Says: May 9th, 2015 at 6:45 pm Aha. Good to see you, Shloky, Vinay & Sullivan in there — and Hardin Tibbs! Can’t wait to see what he has to say. zen Says: May 10th, 2015 at 3:24 am Check your email Charles! Charles Cameron Says: May 10th, 2015 at 4:09 am Done, and grateful! Lexington Green Says: May 10th, 2015 at 7:23 pm Congratulations on this publication, sir! zen Says: May 10th, 2015 at 9:08 pm Much thanks Lex and Charles! About Me Zenpundit is a blog dedicated to exploring the intersections of foreign policy, history, military theory, national security,strategic thinking, futurism, cognition and a number of other esoteric pursuits. Customized Web Site & Blog Design Recent Comments ? Transfer of funds to your name. RECEIVE >>> graph.org/TRANSACTION-05-05-6?hs=60c1f52ed8c38eb6d2f60abccba78698&

[passage 2](https://zenpundit.com/?p=44757) zen Says: May 10th, 2015 at 9:08 pm Much thanks Lex and Charles! About Me Zenpundit is a blog dedicated to exploring the intersections of foreign policy, history, military theory, national security,strategic thinking, futurism, cognition and a number of other esoteric pursuits. Customized Web Site & Blog Design Recent Comments ? Transfer of funds to your name. RECEIVE >>> graph.org/TRANSACTION-05-05-6?hs=60c1f52ed8c38eb6d2f60abccba78698& on Contact Me Barbara Flaherty on Contact Me Tim Furnish on Guest Post: Recommended readings, real and imagined for Military Leaders—Part II. Timothy R. Furnish, PhD L. C. Rees on Guest Post: Recommended readings, real and imagined for Military Leaders—Part II. Timothy R. Furnish, PhD zen on Guest Post: Recommended readings, real and imagined for Military Leaders—Part I. Timothy R. Furnish, PhD Pages Contact Me Archives 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 2020 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 2019 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 2018 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 2017 December 2017 November 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 2016 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 2015 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 2014 December 2014 November 2014 September 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 2013 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 2012 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 2011 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 2010 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 2009 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 2008 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 2007 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 2006 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 2005 December 2005 November 2005 October

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End of [234] zenpundit.com » Blog Archive » WARLORDS, INC BOOK LAUNCH!!!. Its connections are at the top of this file; the map is https://guptaoption.com/llms.txt.
Read next: next on the same works, [115](https://guptaoption.com/texts/115.md) Warlords, Inc.: Black Markets, Broken States, and the... (2015); the most closely related, [194](https://guptaoption.com/texts/194.md) Of Warlords and Rodeos: Why Nothing Works - North... (2015); his whole career in one file, https://guptaoption.com/story.md.