Title Of the Uncertainty of our Judgment

Author Michel de Montaigne

Kind of Book Essay

How strongly I recommend it 9/10 

My Impressions Short, sweet, and well worth reading. Montaigne was the man

Practical Takeaways

  • Don't attack someone who you have given no means of escape //sim Sun Tzu

 

Big Ideas

  • A person (or animal) who has no option but to fight or die will fight much harder than one who has an escape

  • Several battle tactics in war have pros and cons and different generals have different preferences. Therefore, Quite a few outcomes of battles are the result of luck, not of good military decision making