I've been mulling over the idea that his eleven lessons of war might be applied to this mythical war between cyclists and motorists:
- Empathize with your enemy
- Rationality will not save us
- There's something beyond one's self
- Maximize efficiency
- Proportionality should be a guideline in war
- Get the data
- Belief and seeing are often both wrong
- Be prepared to re-examine your reasoning
- In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil
- Never say never
- You can't change human nature
I suspect some of them would - if only I could figure out who my enemy is supposed to be. The fact that I can’t even answer that presumably means that I’m stuck on rule #1.
There's more about Mr McNamara here, and the whole Fog of War documentary can be viewed here.
2 comments:
Number 9 is a bit worryingly undefined, although maybe ok as long as you follow 5 as well.
That's an easy one; quoting Denzil Washington in Crimson Tide "In my humble opinion, .... the true enemy is war itself.
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