Bismarck Brief
brief.bismarckanalysis.com · Group blog · on HN since 2022
Bismarck Brief, written by Samo Burja's Bismarck Analysis, publishes institutional analysis of companies, militaries, industries and countries.
What HN saysCommenters are split: one cites its insights on company failure modes, while another finds the writing interesting but the analysis not especially superior.
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throwpoaster · 2025-02-10
I wish Anthropic luck.
The company seems to be operating in a classic failure mode: being more concerned with its industry than its competitors and customers.
See the first few points here: https://brief.bismarckanalysis.com/p/27-insights-from-three-years-of-b…
Where I could be wrong is the CEO is technical, however most of what I hear from them is about industry and social impact instead of product.
xh-dude · 2022-06-27
My impression of Burja is that he’s better at the writing - there are always interesting details - than average but not generally a superior analyst.
For example: https://brief.bismarckanalysis.com/p/modern-russia-can-fight-and-win-l… has interesting and useful details but I think has been demonstrably and obviously short of similar analysis from experts in the field who are less certain but more reliable vis-a-vis outcomes.