Cultural references that help implant this voice in us include: The belief that strength and power are evolutionary advantages Sun Tzu’s The Art of War and military strategy in general A common refrain in Silicon Valley: “Fake it till you make it.” Nike’s slogan “Just do it!” Gunboat diplomacy, a policy under which nineteenth-century imperial powers used displays of strength to intimidate less powerful states to concede power to them. This strategy is embodied

