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EricS -<br>
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So it’s not for the US today, but the thing that put Scott Boorman
on the map (and fairly quickly got him installed in Yale), was an
attempt to be a bit systematic and disciplined, and commit to some
specific interpretations, for Mao and the infludnence of Go on
military strategy across much of Asia, and on the consequences for
misunderstanding and non-sequitur responses in West/East conflict
zones:
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<p>Excellent! I shall add learning Japanese to learning Go to my
bucket list <grin>...</p>
<p>or just reading:<a
href="https://www.amazon.com/Scott-Boorman/dp/0195014936">
https://www.amazon.com/Scott-Boorman/dp/0195014936</a></p>
<p>I like the book-blurb about the US thinking it was playing Chess
when in fact it was<i> </i><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);
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!important; float: none;"><i>Wei-Ch’i (also known as Go)</i>.
Back home, it looked to me like the politicians were playing
Checkers, expecting to sacrifice the board of Pawns tactically
to "win" and many of us being fitted for our "cannon fodder"
Pawn-costumes were playing "hell NO, I won't GO" or "hell YES!
Ho Gung HO!", ending up as cannon-fodder (body-bag or
tarNfeather draft-dodger suit nonetheless.<br>
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<p>This past 4 years has felt like a recurring nightmare game of
Tic-Tac-Toe even though we know the best outcome is a cat's-game
unless your opponent makes a stupid mistake, but then letting said
opponent (DT) flip the board every time he's about to lose (change
the subject of the headlines this cycle with an outrageous
tweet/order/act).<br>
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src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/006/306/FlipTable.jpg"
alt="Flipping Tables / (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ | Know Your Meme"
width="465" height="261">.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic-tac-toe#Strategy">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic-tac-toe#Strategy</a></p>
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<p>- SteveS<br>
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