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The Enduring Art of War 孫子兵法. Chi & Cheung: Infinite Creativity in Endless Conflict. “One who excels at the unorthodox is as inexhaustible as the cosmos. What reach An end and begin again are the Sun and Moon” – Strategic Military Power 兵勢. Chi and Cheung.
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Chi & Cheung: Infinite Creativity in Endless Conflict “One who excels at the unorthodox is as inexhaustible as the cosmos. What reach An end and begin again are the Sun and Moon” – Strategic Military Power 兵勢
Chi and Cheung • Unorthodox vs. Orthodox as perpetual innovation • “Govern with Orthodoxy; Fight with Unorthodoxy “ – Lao Tzu • “Unorthodox & Orthodox Renew Each Other in an Endless Cycle. Who can Exhaust Them?” – Sun Tzu
Chi in State and Corporate War Hannibal vs. Rome Apple vs. IBM
Psychological Warfare “I bring out the worst in my enemies & that’s how I get them to defeat themselves”- Roy Cohen, Lawyer, Co-counsel with Joseph McCarthy “If they are angry, irritate them; be differential to inflate their arrogance” – Laying Plans 始 計
Attack Hierarchy Plans Alliances Military Forces Civilians “Subjugating the enemy without fighting is the pinnacle of excellence” – Planning Offensives , 謀攻
Shih: Strategic Power “The strategic power of one who excels at wielding warriors in war is comparable to rolling round boulders down a 1000 fathoms mountain” - Strategic Military Power 兵勢 Concept Action Larger Force Smashes Smaller Force ‘War Machine in Motion’ • Large Power Imbalance/Asymmetry • Potential Energy/Momentum • Fullness Destroys Emptiness • Strength Crushes Weakness • Discipline Disperses Chaos
Shih: Strategic Power Nature War Overwhelming momentum removes obstacles.
“Cast them into hopeless situations and they will be preserved.” – Terrains 地形 Final Exam D-Day
Deception Par Excellence! • Alan Turing et al decipher Enigma & selectively use to deceive Nazis into thinking code remains unbroken - civilians and soldiers often not warned of impending attack.
“ Warfare must be a vital, creative process. A soldier chosen to wield life and death on the battlefield must be an artist. If not, he’s simply a murderer” – ShakaZulu, SABC Miniseries, 1985 Creativity as Alchemy How many sordid pursuits (war, law, commerce…) are partially ennobled by creativity and cunning?