For those curious about this topic, here’s some resources I’d recommend (I am not a professional, this is not professional advice):
Samo Burja’s core concept writings, especially Great Founder Theory
The Mechanics of Tradecraft sequence.
Any actual well-sourced/well-researched written history of an actual intelligence agency.
Zvi’s posts on simulacra levels
The passage here about Julian Assange.
The compressed view-from-10,000-feet TLDR: Organizations are made of parts, those parts are people and things, game theory’s gonna game theory, dramatic (and/or dramatic-sounding) stuff can result.
For those curious about this topic, here’s some resources I’d recommend (I am not a professional, this is not professional advice):
Samo Burja’s core concept writings, especially Great Founder Theory
The Mechanics of Tradecraft sequence.
Any actual well-sourced/well-researched written history of an actual intelligence agency.
Zvi’s posts on simulacra levels
The passage here about Julian Assange.
The compressed view-from-10,000-feet TLDR: Organizations are made of parts, those parts are people and things, game theory’s gonna game theory, dramatic (and/or dramatic-sounding) stuff can result.