Here’s a real-life scenario: You are in a neighborhood teeming with criminals of every size and shape. You have none of the thuggery or valor needed to beat them, and worse, there’s nowhere else to go to live out your life. What do you do? You can charge in like a swashbuckling 21^st-century Don Quixote, challenging the goons to dare to touch you while secretly despairing about the danger waiting around every corner. Or, you could “think smart, not hard” and strike a friendship with the biggest Don in town…