Why retreating is the best strategy for coping
5 min readMar 31, 2020
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We were already going mad and then the pestilence arrived.
A double whammy; a promise of upending life as we know it.
How do we survive (what surely seems like) thermonuclear war?
Lao Tsu is very precise on this: retreat is the only strategy. Consider this stanza from the Tao Te Ching:
