I agree that it is important but think it is more understanding is a prerequisite to do so deliberately (careful of Goodhart's law) and from there the incentive

I agree that it is important but think it is more understanding is a prerequisite to do so deliberately (careful of Goodhart's law) and from there the incentives become evident. Like Lanchester's laws. It is obvious how outnumbering the foe can help but knowing the scaling really hammers home how important it is to concentrate force against as weak a foe groups as possible. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanchester%27s_laws https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanchester%27s_laws