Sunday, June 14, 2015

Would Bridge Make for Better Bridge Engineers?

Gates does it.  Buffet also does it.  Eisenhower did it.  The "it" in this case is the card game of bridge. I found this interesting in the Wall Street Journal by Michael Ledeen - The Ultimate War Game:

"The shrinking population of American bridge players goes hand in hand with other evidence of declining mental discipline, including shortening attention spans and decreases in book readership. You can't be a winning card player unless you can concentrate for several hours, and mastery of the game takes years.  Neither is bridge a solo activity; you need a partner with whom you must reach very detailed agreements about myriad situations.  All this is good for the mind."

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