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“The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people's substance to be drained.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 2: Waging War
Concentration distorts the market around it.
What it means

Massed effort sucks up local resources and raises the price of everything nearby; plan for the spillover.

Use it todayWatch where your focus is inflating costs for the rest of the operation.
Today’s questionWhere is my concentration quietly raising the price of everything else?
#externalities#cost#focus
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