A Necessary Course Correction
Too much had happened at once.
Just a moment ago, the Polymath appeared at the top of her game. She was on the cusp of taking over the splinter kingdom.
She had been on the precipice of gaining undeniable leverage over the rest of red humanity!
All of that came crumbling down due to a confluence of events. The Polymath boldly took action and initiated a conflict that provoked overwhelming opposition, much of which she accounted for and managed to keep in check.
What she did not account for were the unexpected surprises that she could not predict and calculate in advance.
Her immensely powerful data-driven planning approach might be incredibly good at reading known variables, but that did not avail her at all once unknown variables threw a wrench in her calculations!
The way the Polymath compensated for these factors was to build up a buffer, prepare more reserves and plan for greater opposition and complications than she expected to face.