> Overall, always according to TFA, Sun Tzu's Art of Way is way more practical and literal, and less "hand-wavey overall strategy" than generally understood. I

> Overall, always according to TFA, Sun Tzu's Art of Way is way more practical and literal, and less "hand-wavey overall strategy" than generally understood. I think I actually like this because it more or less destroys its appropriation by self-help/business gurus. After all, if Sun Tzu is literally talking about killing your enemies while they are crossing the river, it's less useful as a metaphor for startups -- a welcome side-effect. If you read Sun Tzu, at least you can then claim to have read one of the classics, and know a little bit about ancient warfare. Even if it's not directly applicable to running a startup. Which is certainly more than can be said of the pointless waffle that fills the self-help/business shelves in the bookstore.