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Austen on Strategic Thinking’s Disadvantages
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This chapter examines Jane Austen's views on the disadvantages of strategic thinking, which she makes visible in her novels. First, Austen notes that strategic thinking takes mental effort: one's strategic thinking capacity is not infinite and strategic thinking competes with other cognitive demands. Second, strategic thinking makes moral life more complicated. Third, being good at strategic thinking can keep people from helping you. If others do not think you are strategic, then they confide in you, thinking that you cannot possibly be leading them on. Similarly, if others think you are strategic, they do not confide in you because they think you already know everything. Other disadvantages of being strategically skilled is that it can you make you see strategicness where none exists, or that it can lead to pride. True strategic wisdom is not proud.
Title: Austen on Strategic Thinking’s Disadvantages
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This chapter examines Jane Austen's views on the disadvantages of strategic thinking, which she makes visible in her novels.
First, Austen notes that strategic thinking takes mental effort: one's strategic thinking capacity is not infinite and strategic thinking competes with other cognitive demands.
Second, strategic thinking makes moral life more complicated.
Third, being good at strategic thinking can keep people from helping you.
If others do not think you are strategic, then they confide in you, thinking that you cannot possibly be leading them on.
Similarly, if others think you are strategic, they do not confide in you because they think you already know everything.
Other disadvantages of being strategically skilled is that it can you make you see strategicness where none exists, or that it can lead to pride.
True strategic wisdom is not proud.
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