D5Psych-Fitness-28 🙏 Decisions on war start in one nervous system
Teaser
Day 5 of 28, Decisions on war start in one nervous system: July 1914. Calm options exist only when leaders can think through the crisis and create solutions that build instead of destroy.
TLDR
July 1914.
The July Crisis following the Sarajevo assassination pulled European powers toward general war. Each decision seemed logical in isolation, but fear of appearing weak drove escalation faster than strategy. Within weeks, World War I had begun and more than twelve million soldiers were mobilized across Europe.
No leader had independent counsel to check whether fear was narrowing their vision. The result was collective blindness. Decisions on war and peace start in one nervous system. Calm options exist only when leaders can think through the crisis and create solutions that build instead of destroy.
Context
We all run on the same human hardware. Let’s build the support and checks to match the pressure of the job.
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