The Ten Rules governing how our new world really works (Rule 3: Gaming Out Chess Players)
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Introduction: Machiavelli Attempts a Comeback The mirror opposite of gaming out lunatics is the imperative for analysts of the world to accurately assess chess players—foreign policy actors playing the long game, possessing fixed strategic goals, even as they use whatever tactical means that come to hand to achieve them. Patient, low-key, but implacable, chess players do that rarest of things: They actually think ahead and are not prisoners of short-term day-to-day events, conditioning all they do in furtherance of their long-term strategy.
The Ten Rules governing how our new world really works (Rule 3: Gaming Out Chess Players)
The Ten Rules governing how our new world…
The Ten Rules governing how our new world really works (Rule 3: Gaming Out Chess Players)
Introduction: Machiavelli Attempts a Comeback The mirror opposite of gaming out lunatics is the imperative for analysts of the world to accurately assess chess players—foreign policy actors playing the long game, possessing fixed strategic goals, even as they use whatever tactical means that come to hand to achieve them. Patient, low-key, but implacable, chess players do that rarest of things: They actually think ahead and are not prisoners of short-term day-to-day events, conditioning all they do in furtherance of their long-term strategy.