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The Aikidiot

di Noam Morchy

Salute mentale Filosofia

Stagione 1

Situating, Part 2

Confused? So are we. Visit www.theaikidiot.com for more examples and illustrations. Losing is not always optional / Still fighting with the driver / Uncle Harvey doesn't have all the answers / Method 1: Situating by describing / Situating cuts the scene short / Method 2: Situating by navigating from opinions to facts / Monica's friend is building weapons of mass destruction as a side gig/ What do we say when there's nothing to say / Monica puts some order in today's mess.

Situating, Part 1

An army of Aikidokas / 3 is the magic number of components in an Eastern thought system / Inductive vs. Deductive/ Simple not Easy (again) / Situating, absorbing, redirecting. That's all / Situating is describing / The principles of Situating / Meet your opponent where they are, not where they are not / The smell of NAPLAM in the morning / Monica cleans up. Questions? Gripes? Fat donations? Visit theaikidiot.com or write to us at theaikidiot@proton.me

Recap

As promised, a recap / The importance of being able to fit one's ego in something smaller than a football field / Wyatt Capulet vs. Hunter Montague / Billy Montague vs. Tammy Capulet / A gunfight at the Saloon / The artificial cannot be discarded / Thanks, and check out the additional materials in theaikidiot.com

Fixing some wrong impressions from the last episode and then promising a recap episode because it’s all turning into a big mess.

The comic aspect of the Dao / Apologies to the listeners / From single cell to "Mom! I have consciousness!" / A better description of "Natural" and "artificial" / Drifting toward the artificial / Meeting a man in a dark alley

Simon Says

Monica plans a prison break with Dr. Simon / When in doubt do Aikido / Stanislav Petrov saves the world (Really, he does. Twice) / Natural vs. Artificial balance (Not Tom Cruise!) / Life is complicated /

The Other Guy, Part 2

Monica stages a coup. When we encounter ideas we dislike, we tend to stretch them ad-absurdum. Can Aikidoing deal with real bad people doing real bad things? Buying a gun in a very bad neighborhood. Why drug lords and and murderers find it difficult to switch occupation. The cycle of escalation in our bad neighborhood. The "rabid dog" - senseless, contextless violence. Moderate, not soft.

The Other Guy, Part 1

Let's talk about "the other guy", the opponent. / Tori and Uke in Aikido. / The high prices of disrupting the common space (even in self defense). / Learn the attack, control your defense./ Why screaming at a call-center representative (something the Aikidiot never, ever did) is not a good idea. / Wiley E. Coyote has no choice about chasing the Roadrunner. / Violence is predictable. For more information and ideas, visit www.theaikidiot.com or write to us at theaikidiot@proton.me we like the attention!

Allergic Reaction to Aikidoing

Let's call everything we talk about here "Aikidoing". Is life a flowing river? Aikidoing is very simple - just not easy. Why People don't like hearing about Aikidoing.The inward drive vs. the outward drive. The suggestion of moderate reaction as an existential threat.

A Three Bodies Problem

Monica refuses to be bullied / When somebody becomes abusive and calls us names / Running away is usually an excellent idea / The three spaces when dealing with a verbal attack / The three spaces in Aikido, dealing with a strike to the head (Shomen Uchi) / WHAT?! We're actually supposed to do nothing?! / Minimum occupation of the common space - in Aikido and in other things.

Fighting for territory

The Jackson 5 and their methods of conflict resolution / The tragic tale of a middle-aged, overweight man, taking up Aikido / O-Sensei and the invention of Aikido / The three spaces of thoughts and ideas / Why pretending to know things make people nervous / Why not being arrogant jerks is actually good for us.

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