Episode Notes
I discuss the complex adaptive system that is war that Clausewitz categorically identified as “friction” in the nineteenth century. We’ll examine what chaos and complexity has to do with conflict, why it is inevitable and why wars are won by the least incompetent armies and navies.
All wars are won by the least incompetent forces.
References:
Nassim Taleb Antifragile
Carl von Clausewitz On War
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