Word Art In The Art of War | A Look at Sun Tzu's Core Principles Through An Anthony Bourdain Quote

As human beings, we are continually observing and taking in message content. Images convey deep psychological concepts and ideologies that can have an effect our mind and spirit. We may not even notice it's happening.

Words carry significant meaning, too. How often do we consider the power of quips, quotes or phrases we read or hear? Do we consider the person who crafted the message and what intentions are behind it? Our government through our legal system employs these tactics. And our adversary actively seeks to use messages to lead unsuspecting souls to somewhere they would not go.

This episode explores the concept of word art juxtaposed the core principles of Sun Tzu's book The Art of War. Can carefully crafted messages be so designed to harm us by seeding doubt, disbelief and false doctrine? How does this happen?