November 1st, 2023
- the role of victory, battle, conquest, defeat
- > The goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight. But how this can be accomplished is a thorny issue. Nothing Less than Victory provocatively shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses can win wars and establish lasting peace, while defensive maneuvers have often led to prolonged carnage, indecision, and stalemate. Taking an ambitious and sweeping look at six major wars, from antiquity to World War II, John David Lewis shows how victorious military commanders have achieved long-term peace by identifying the core of the enemy's ideological, political, and social support for a war, fiercely striking at this objective, and demanding that the enemy acknowledges its defeat.
- this is related to I am free to be decisive insofar as I am willing and able to listen
- #2tweet this could be like the process that allowed prokaryotes to evolve into eukaroytes (period of low selection pressure that allowed building up a bunch of random extra DNA that turned out to be eventually able to be remixed into something way more awesome than prokaryotes)
- this could be like the process that allowed prokaryotes to evolve into eukaroytes (period of low selection pressure that allowed building up a bunch of random extra DNA that turned out to be eventually able to be remixed into something way more awesome than prokaryotes)
- #2tweet > Visa said that he considers a friend to be a person that you have a shared understanding or context with—that when you’ve talked to someone extensively, and met them, you have shared understanding and context and trust.
- > Visa said that he considers a friend to be a person that you have a shared understanding or context with—that when you’ve talked to someone extensively, and met them, you have shared understanding and context and trust.
- (connects to the quote from Aristotle in the recent post I QT'd, talking about the paradox of tolerance)
- an incredible take on the importance of tantrums. probably most adults are walking around with a bunch of frustration that hasn't been able to dissipate because we don't allow ourselves our tantrums (tantra?)
- + last two images from here
- jawdropping rainbow from the sun through the prism'd edge of a mirror this morning
- #2tweet realized while ~meditating this morning that the 5 components of secure attachment are a great description of how I, my awareness, want to treat me, my mind
- realized while ~meditating this morning that the 5 components of secure attachment are a great description of how I, my awareness, want to treat me, my mind