In one way or another, plenty of organizations select for gameness.

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Professional football players, too, are selected for gameness.

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But those who select for gameness have a responsibility not to abuse that trust: if you have men in your charge who would jump off a cliff for you, you cannot march them to the edge of the cliff and dogfighting fails this test.

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