Leave a Line of Retreat - LessWrong
> When you surround the enemy > > Always allow them an escape route. > > They must see that there is > > An alternative to death. > > —Sun Tzu, T…
x Leave a Line of Retreat — LessWrong Letting Go Techniques Changing Your Mind Courage Frontpage 239 Leave a Line of Retreat by Eliezer Yudkowsky 25th Feb 2008 5 min read 75 239 When you surround the enemy Always allow them an escape route. They must see that there is An alternative to death. —Sun Tzu, The Art of War Don’t raise the pressure, lower the wall. —Lois McMaster Bujold, Komarr I recently happened into a conversation with a nonrationalist who had somehow wandered into a local rationalists’ gathering. She had just declared (a) her belief in souls and (b) that she didn’t believe in cry
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