Chapter 12. RDE’s “Brave New World!”

In an old hunters’ story, two hunters were preparing to go to the jungle to hunt a tiger. One of them was putting on light and comfortable running shoes, whereas the other had his old heavy boots. “Do you think it will make you run faster than the tiger if it chases us?” asked the latter. “Nope,” said the other. “I just need to run faster than you do.”

RDE frequently allows the “hunters” to “get the tiger” in the first place. In other less glamorous cases, at least it lets the user stay one step ahead of the competition, a distance that is frequently just enough to succeed—or, at least, survive.

This book guided us on a journey from food to magazines, from politics to the stock market, from U.S. factories ...

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