Superiority (short story)
- Superiority (short story)
Infobox short story
name = Superiority
author = Arthur C. Clarke
country = United Kingdom
language = English
genre = Science fiction
published_in = The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
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publisher =
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pub_date = August 1951
"Superiority" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1951. It depicts an arms race, and shows how the side which is more technologically advanced can be defeated, despite its apparent superiority, because of its own organizational flaws and its willingness to use new technologies without fully understanding them. The story is (or was) required reading at West Point.
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