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This podcast is intended for mature audiences. Listener discretion is advised. If you're a fan of the sci-fi show Star Trek, you'll know what it means to undertake

the grueling Kobayashi-Maru test. The fictional simulated training exercise was designed to see

how cadets of the Starfleet Academy reacted to an extreme battle situation.

In this scenario, participants are tasked with the rescue of a ship named the Kobayashi Maru,

which had been crippled in a simulated battle.

This is the Kobayashi Maru.

19 periods out of all tier 6, we have struck a grubitic mine and have lost all power.

Our whole is penetrated and we have sustained many...

How penetrated? Life support systems failing. Can you assist us enterprise? Can you...

It was considered the ultimate test of decision-making and creative problem-solving under intense pressure.

To successfully rescue the Kobayashi Maru would mean risking almost certain death, along with

a likely destruction of your spaceship and crew. Failure to rescue the ship meant the Kobayashi

Maru and her crew would be left to perish. Today, the pop culture reference has

become a metaphor to describe seemingly no-win situations. Whether it's something as serious as life

and death, or even if it's making a high-risk business decision, the Kobayashi Maru symbolizes

what it means to continually adapt and be innovative in the face of adversity.

Finding ourselves in unbeatable situations is something we all try to avoid, but sometimes

...