Picard realizes that the highest application of intelligence is not to thwart your enemies, but to design a world in which you and they can live in mutually beneficial coexistence.
The danger, when you're playing for credibility, is that it can become detached from the interests you were supposed to protect. Governments start taking risks not because the prize is worth the cost, but because leaders fear that further restraint might start to communicate weakness.
It was amazing that a tactic so simple could defeat more sophisticated strategies. It suggested that there was something inherently powerful in reciprocity. Just as the proverb predicts: As you sow, so shall you reap.
6mo ago
a position which directly incentivizes insider trading. That in turn creates a long list of very predictable problems.
8mo ago
Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
