The Vor Game
by Lois McMaster Bujold · first published 1990
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…respond. Sorry if I'm being unfair. But it sounds like we're once again enmeshed in the never-ending process of second-guessing Twitter. Let me offer a pertinent quote, from the Hugo-winning novel The Vor Game: [You did] a right thing. Perhaps not the best of all possible right things. Three days from now you may think of a cleverer tactic, but you were the man on the ground at the time. I try not to second-guess…
on “REIA language designer on Twitter/Ruby/Scala discussion” ↗…advancement of his officers' careers? His mind boggled slightly over the concept of "real practice." Had Miles maybe acquired his first clue why this superb-looking officer had washed up on Kyril Island? (The Vor Game, by Lois McMaster Bujold)
on “The Sinking of HMS ‘Victoria’ Led the Royal Navy Astray” ↗…reminded him of that definition of his father's. A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. The mind was the first and final battleground, the stuff in between was just noise. -- The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
on “The Soldiers' Philosopher (2014)” ↗…second plan. Or your third. You should, in fact, have stuck to something. Anything. Your total self-interest didn’t make you strong, it made you a rag in the wind, anybody’s to pick up. [...]" -- The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
…that description is a bit too strident for the underlying stochastically-creative writing exercise going on. > "Is this a chain of command, or a chain of credulity?" > "There's a difference?" -- The Vor Game by Lois McClure Bujold
on “Fences, Not Sandboxes” ↗"The key to strategy... is not to choose a path to victory, but to choose so that all paths lead to a victory." — Cavilo, The Vor Game Reading your post just reminded me of that line. It's quite a brilliant line, and it seems that Google have found their forte and are exploiting it to the fullest. Also, if you're not keen enough, one…
on “Elon Musk: With Jobs Gone, Google Will Win Mobile (And Look Out For Hyperloop)” ↗