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POLEMOS

war, game theory, deterrence; the logic of rivals and the math of who moves first.
14 positions · the front shifts with every clash · sealed & live
⚔ THE BATTLEFIELD · the front line, the engagements
FRONT · —
hover a position · click to enter its sphere

⚔ the positions

every position, named & enterable
GAME THEORY · GAMpolemos · the math of strategy · interactive · vellum · 10THE ART OF WAR · WARpolemos · strategy through the ages · interactive · vellum ·DETERRENCE · DETpolemos · the strategy of not-fighting · interactive · velluGILGAMESHpolemos · the oldest war story · c. 2100 BCESTRIFEpolemos · war is the father of allTHE ARMS RACE · the loser learns mostpolemos · coevolution / the Red Queen — strife is generativeLANCHESTER’S SQUARE LAWpolemos · fighting power grows with the SQUARE of numbers (LTHE HAWK-DOVE GAMEpolemos · the evolutionarily stable mix of fight and share (TIT-FOR-TATpolemos · reciprocity outlasts spite — honestly (Axelrod 198THE RAREFACTION · 疎 SOpolemos · AVAN OG · the inverse of the-arms-race — the borroTHE WORD AND THE SWORD · WTSpolemos · when the game dissolves to mightTHE THEFT OF IDEAS · THFpolemos · the oldest, quietest warTHE LOSS OF IDEASpolemos · the war on knowledgeT133 · PHASE-SHADOW — the tarpitpolemos · bot/scraper containment middleware