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Do not conquer what you cannot defend — LessWrong

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Once upon a time there was a great king. He ruled his kingdom with wisdom and economically literate policies, and prosperity followed. Seeing this, t…

x Do not conquer what you cannot defend — LessWrong World Optimization Curated 2026 Top Fifty: 29 % 422 Do not conquer what you cannot defend by habryka 16th Apr 2026 7 min read 73 422 Epistemic status: All of the western canon must eventually be re-invented in a LessWrong post. So today we are re-inventing federalism. Once upon a time there was a great king. He ruled his kingdom with wisdom and economically literate policies, and prosperity followed. Seeing this, the citizens of nearby kingdoms revolted against their leaders, and organized to join the kingdom of this great king. While the kin

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