Insightful discussion of the role of what I sometimes call “the tyranny of the weaker brother” in a Christian context. Resistance to this tyranny takes courage.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game

This large payoff from stubborn courage is not just in the military. The entire growth of society, whether economic or moral, comes from a small number of people. So we close this chapter with a remark about the role of skin in the game in the condition of society. Society doesn’t evolve by consensus, voting, majority, committees, verbose meeting, academic conferences, and polling; only a few people suffice to disproportionately move the needle. All one needs is an asymmetric rule somewhere. And asymmetry is present in about everything.