[Death] has superior forces. Eventually, it wins. And in a war that you cannot win, you don't want a general who fights to the point of total annihilation. [You want] someone who knows how to fight for territory that can be won and how to surrender it when it can't #AtulGawande

- July 09, 2025

[Death] has superior forces. Eventually, it wins. And in a war that you cannot win, you don't want a general who fights to the point of total annihilation. [You want] someone who knows how to fight for territory that can be won and how to surrender it when it can't #AtulGawande
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[Death] has superior forces. Eventually, it wins. And in a war that you cannot win, you don't want a general who fights to the point of total annihilation. [You want] someone who knows how to fight for territory that can be won and how to surrender it when it can't #AtulGawande

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