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tra3 · 2022-04-25 · Original thread
Great question, I've taken some of these books down to read later.

I was fascinated by The Pentagon Wars [0]. Arguably US Military is one of the biggest bureaucracies that spends tons of money on R&D projects. Apart from describing the issues with the projects themselves, the author describes how structuring the incentives could potentially pervert the process of developing new tech. I really loved it.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Pentagon-Wars-Reformers-Challenge-Gua...

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