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9 个月"In politics, fringe ideas can become mainstream and vice versa. The “window of political possibility” can expand or move, as Joe Overton, an American political analyst, once put it" - 'The surprisingly frank economic advice that Xi Jinping gets': The Economist Windows of Anomaly and Opportunity can open and close very fast - especially windows of political possibility - it all turns on timing and understanding the relationship between Theory and Action. “To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That’s when you will have to make a decision. To be or to do? Which way will you go?" - John Boyd John Boyd lived between split seconds and he understood that adaptive contingency and capability is all about timing and the ability to act.