The Zero Sum Game

I read recently a fascinating tale of nautical survival. In 1965, six teenage Tongan boys were shipwrecked on the uninhabited island of Ata in the Tongan Archipelago of Polynesia.  After stealing a boat, they had encountered a storm which deposited them on the island without any means of communication with the outside world. 

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The Wisdom Of Moderation, And The Danger Of Extremism

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Plutarch’s lives of Phocion and Cato the Younger can be read as case studies on the contrasting features of moderation and extremism.

The successful, rational leader will know when to compromise and seek settlements; the extremist will not, and thereby brings himself and others to ruin.

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