The Rickover Corpus: A digital archive of Admiral Rickover's speeches and memos rickovercorpus.org 66 points by stmw 12 hours ago
Animats 10 hours ago "Some thoughts on the presidency" [1](The site's index dates this to 1952, but it mentions "the events of 1974.")[1] https://rickover-corpus.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Some+Thou... emmelaich 8 hours ago Yes, it mentions the energy crisis so dates it to late 70s at least. Also President Reagan, so after 1981. Probably well after. andrewl 8 hours ago I'm two pages in, and it is excellent. ndileas 29 minutes ago There's a lot of timeless, good analysis. But there's also somewhat dated concerns (like the energy crisis stuff) where it's clear that he's responding to the issue du jour. emmelaich 8 hours ago Quotables in in every paragraph! uncletaco 9 hours ago The Nixon memo is dated for 1980 from after Nixon was president.
emmelaich 8 hours ago Yes, it mentions the energy crisis so dates it to late 70s at least. Also President Reagan, so after 1981. Probably well after.
andrewl 8 hours ago I'm two pages in, and it is excellent. ndileas 29 minutes ago There's a lot of timeless, good analysis. But there's also somewhat dated concerns (like the energy crisis stuff) where it's clear that he's responding to the issue du jour. emmelaich 8 hours ago Quotables in in every paragraph!
ndileas 29 minutes ago There's a lot of timeless, good analysis. But there's also somewhat dated concerns (like the energy crisis stuff) where it's clear that he's responding to the issue du jour.
thomassmith65 7 hours ago Unless the one person truly responsible can be identified when something goes wrong, then no one has been really responsible Ah, it's Apple's DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) designation! stmw 6 hours ago It is always interesting how such principles are much older than our current examples!
stmw 6 hours ago It is always interesting how such principles are much older than our current examples!
andrewl 8 hours ago I've read a few articles about him, but I never heard him speak. I just pulled this up, and I find it fascinating:https://taproot.com/rickover-60-minutes-interview/
acidburnNSA 4 hours ago Truly amazing resource. Thanks to the folks funding this, and doing the scans.
kreelman 9 hours ago Ah, the "Kindly Old Gentleman"...Though a very difficult man to get on with... He did champion the correct building of the first nuclear subs. CamperBob2 9 hours ago Yep, a complex, flawed character.Unquestionably the right person for that particular job, though. He was Mr. "Failure is Not an Option" years before Gene Kranz.
CamperBob2 9 hours ago Yep, a complex, flawed character.Unquestionably the right person for that particular job, though. He was Mr. "Failure is Not an Option" years before Gene Kranz.
"Some thoughts on the presidency" [1]
(The site's index dates this to 1952, but it mentions "the events of 1974.")
[1] https://rickover-corpus.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Some+Thou...
Yes, it mentions the energy crisis so dates it to late 70s at least. Also President Reagan, so after 1981. Probably well after.
I'm two pages in, and it is excellent.
There's a lot of timeless, good analysis. But there's also somewhat dated concerns (like the energy crisis stuff) where it's clear that he's responding to the issue du jour.
Quotables in in every paragraph!
The Nixon memo is dated for 1980 from after Nixon was president.
It is always interesting how such principles are much older than our current examples!
I've read a few articles about him, but I never heard him speak. I just pulled this up, and I find it fascinating:
https://taproot.com/rickover-60-minutes-interview/
Truly amazing resource. Thanks to the folks funding this, and doing the scans.
Ah, the "Kindly Old Gentleman"...
Though a very difficult man to get on with... He did champion the correct building of the first nuclear subs.
Yep, a complex, flawed character.
Unquestionably the right person for that particular job, though. He was Mr. "Failure is Not an Option" years before Gene Kranz.