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Random Musing: Don Tzu and art of war (only winning, no losing)

Today we bear witness to said winning, in a way that greatest strategic philosophers of yore: Chanakya, Machiavelli, and obviously Sun Tzu could never have conceived.

The Times of India

What are we paying senior royals for, if not to show up at presidential funerals?

Perhaps gran’s grudge against Jimmy Carter explains why Edward, 14th in line, was sent

The Guardian - UK

How Tyrants Fall by Marcel Dirsus review – road to revolution

A ‘blueprint’ for bringing dictators down that could equally function as a Machiavellian manual for staying in power

The Guardian - UK

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Guide to the classics: The Art of War, the ancient Chinese war manual loved by edgelords and management gurus

Quoting The Art of War, an ancient Chinese war manual dating from the 5th century BCE, has become a cliché. It is, alas, the hallmark of teen edgelords, management gurus and, as one of my students informed me, pseudo-intellectual boyfriends.

The Conversation

Trump's mental health is a big problem

Experts: Trump's "denial of reality" and "primitive projections" are imploding. He's even more dangerous

Salon

Viral tweet on FIFA 2022 goalkeeper Emi Martinez's mind games has left netizens amazed; psychologist calls him "Machiavelli of football"

Hours after the Argentina team picked the FIFA World Cup 2022, Twitter was flooded with tweets of congratulations. However one tweet has gained the attraction of netizens, especially football lovers.

The Times of India

Lucianne Goldberg: Salacious agent who helped expose Clinton affair

Goldberg, a conservative provocateur, who took on a Machiavelli-style role in the 1998 impeachment of president Bill Clinton

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The Playbook by Jennifer Jacquet review – how big business takes on science and wins

A ‘guide’ for companies looking to undermine unwelcome research exposes the corporate world’s dark arts

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