2026-04-14

• •short takes: the pathology of decision making #done:
  
  The pathology of decision-making in wars like this is that leaders often fall into sunk cost fallacies. Wars tend to go on well beyond the point when either side can attain a decisive advantage. At a certain point, leaders often want to believe that something will break their way simply if they persist, even though there’s no evidence of that happening. | Michael Kofman, ‘Time Is Not on Russia’s Side’: A Q & A With Michael Kofman