This entry is part 7 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningInvincible opponents only exist in our nightmares. They are the stuff of imagination. No real opponent is invincible. And so that means that for any opponent to defeat you, not only must they do significant things right, but you must…
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How (and Why) to Make and Use Entropy Bombs
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 8 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningThis entry is part 27 of 26 in the series Timeboxing TrilogyWhat is an entropy bomb? It’s basically this, recast, reimagined and placed on a rigorous course steroids 😉 : [Three Minutes Of… | AJATT | All Japanese All The…
Entropy: Fight the Power
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 9 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningYou are always moving. You never stand still. You’re always either getting better or worse. Even “staying the same” requires input. You’re always either going uphill or downhill. Forward or backward. Progressing or regressing. Entropy wants to take your Japanese…
How and Why the Principle of Proportionality Works
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 10 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningFirst, let’s review what the principle of proportionality, as elucidated by John Lewis Gaddis (“Grand Strategy”), teaches us: 1. Never expend unlimited resources pursuing a limited gain. 2. Oversize your dreams and undersize your goals. 3. Align your goals with…
You’ve Got 99 Million Small Problems — Not a Big, Single One
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 11 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningThe other day, a good cishet male friend of mine, Dexter Kent (which, and I cannot stress this enough, is not his legal name; and he hasn’t told me what his preferred pronouns are, so, Phuket like Thailand, I’m goin’…
Remember That You Are, Were and Will Always Be Human: Infinite in Possibility and Finite in Action
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 12 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningThis entry is part 24 of 26 in the series Timeboxing Trilogy“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad” so said Prometheus, in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Masque of Pandora” (1875). For AJATT purposes, I would change that to read:…