¶ Divide and Conquer Sequence
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"Long ago we have the big man being born. He didn’t ask to be bigger. And he becomes the king. And for obvious reasons, too, because he has the longest reach. As you know, many people are dying of starvation. The one who has the best reach can live. It is a very tough survival game.
"We have a number of other big young men saying, ‘I think though I’m not quite as big as that young man, I think I’m brighter and I think I can lick him.’
"And they’d like to lick him because being king means you are going to eat. But they don’t come at him two at a time, because then they wouldn’t know which one is going to be king. They come at him one at a time. And he licks each one of them. Finally they are all fairly well convinced that he is the best fighter.
"So now he says, ‘We all are pretty hungry after all this fighting. And one thing for certain I know is that I don’t want two of you to come at me at once.’
"And they say, ‘Well we aren’t going to, because each one of us wants to be the king.’
"Everyone was very frank about it.
"So instinctively, this man who is the big one, finds himself being challenged by other big ones. He didn’t invent
¶ Citations
- Univ. of Chicago Lecture, pp.1-2, 5 May’72
