One important caveat to this is that it doesn’t mean you have to fight as hard as possible in every single battle, play out every single hand, or otherwise fight ferociously on an *object* level—you should be fighting ferociously on a *meta* level. It’s fine, and perhaps even necessary in many games, to concede some battles in order to win the war.
(inspiration for this comment goes to Rationalist Discourse Club user “Bar Fight”, who pointed out “good post, but ‘concede less’ is extremely bad advice for most poker players”!)
One important caveat to this is that it doesn’t mean you have to fight as hard as possible in every single battle, play out every single hand, or otherwise fight ferociously on an *object* level—you should be fighting ferociously on a *meta* level. It’s fine, and perhaps even necessary in many games, to concede some battles in order to win the war.
(inspiration for this comment goes to Rationalist Discourse Club user “Bar Fight”, who pointed out “good post, but ‘concede less’ is extremely bad advice for most poker players”!)