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[โ€“] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The art of war is actually quite short though

[โ€“] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine the number of stonk devils, business ghouls, and tech demons that have a copy as a library or coffee table decoration piece.

[โ€“] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Tbf far from the worst book they haven't read

[โ€“] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's not even relevant if they did read it. It's an instruction manual for running an ancient chinese army

[โ€“] fox@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure it was revolutionary back in the day for warlords to learn that keeping your supply lines defended was important and also you shouldn't fight a battle against an uphill defender with the sun at their back on muddy ground.

Yeah but it's about as relevant to running a business as a manual to use a toaster