Patience can outlast an opponent’s brief advantage

Evidence

The goat said to herself: ‘A hungry wolf is the cleverest creature in the world for two minutes. After that he is only hungry. If you can wait two minutes, he is harmless.’ — , A Year of World Stories, 3392

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: External predators exploit internal division by merely waiting — , A Year of World Stories, 5935; Determination can let a person dominate circumstance as a boxer dominates an outmatched novice — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 266; Drone strategy accepts enemy recruitment because strikes can outpace it — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 287 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• External predators exploit internal division by merely waiting #expands (0.75) — , A Year of World Stories, 5935
• Determination can let a person dominate circumstance as a boxer dominates an outmatched novice #corroborates (0.65) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 266
• Drone strategy accepts enemy recruitment because strikes can outpace it #expands (0.60) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 287