tactics
Tactics are the collection of little tricks used to adorn victory. The color-coded charts lining conference rooms do not guarantee success; they merely embellish excuses. At execution, a phenomenon called "unforeseen circumstances" inevitably collapses the scheme. Yet we relentlessly pursue tactics, for the process itself is a ritual that nourishes our self-importance. What the field really craves is not fundamental solutions but at least the spectacle.