We have probably underestimated how much of current problems can be traced to Moneyball (2003/2011 film) fed the cult of Optimization
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Thinking this watching Pride fights yesterday. Japanese fighters prized aesthetics and tradition over effectiveness Not that they weren’t trying to win, but they wouldn’t stoop to the win-at-all-costs American wrestling mentality Then they never did well in UFC
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Good example of that in sumo - dodging the initial charge and pushing your opponent out of the ring is probably the strongest strategy but no one in sumo does it regularly because sumo is supposed to be about strength vs strength even if the rules aren't perfect.
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