Paul Graham on Twitter: ""The Aikido practitioner responds to force by taking control of the opponent's own strength and using it to throw them down or toss them aside." https://t.co/vfdnyHxt8e"

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1. Lasers, day one.‏ @joshuakahn 10 Oct 2018
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  Aikidoka? I didn't know that about you.
  
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1. Yuhong Bao‏ @yuhong2 10 Oct 2018
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  There was another HN thread with @BrendanEich in it talking about this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18119367 …
  
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1. Joe Colangelo‏Verified account @Itsjoeco 10 Oct 2018
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1. Kelvin Nishikawa‏ @kelnishi 10 Oct 2018
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  The Aikido practitioner also refuses to compete in combat sports because sometimes choosing your opponents is the only way you win.
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1. Andy Cook‏ @AndyGCook 10 Oct 2018
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  Also Cobra Effect: “The cobra effect occurs when an attempted solution to a problem makes the problem worse, as a type of unintended consequence.”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect …
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