Recently read The Art Of War (in translation). It's short! And good. Relevant to adversarial activity generally, not just military strategy.
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If the enemy outnumbers you, divide his forces. If the terrain is unfavorable, go somewhere else. You can adapt to any local disadvantage -- just ACTUALLY ADAPT. You cannot beat the odds.
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The way I see it, self-interest has two independent components: first, creating value; second, capturing or protecting value. The latter is adversarial.
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Sun Tsu is presenting a “wisdom literature” about how to do adversarial strategy *without* sacrificing too much of the value-creation, positive-sum side. War that serves the realm rather than consuming it.
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A latter-day design of "temptation to engagement":https://twitter.com/longhandnotes/status/1085856198266515456 ….
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