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Eric Jacobus on the Art and Science of Violence

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How to Find a Midal Path When Someone Insults You

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i work very hard to not respond to the emotional response that stimulates. And i've learned to observe it in myself, which is a fascinating thing. It's kind of like my brain saying, you don't want to get in this fight, because you could lose and die. So when someone insults you, the best path is to take it. Be humiliated, signify humiliation, because then it's over. You need to find that mental path. When you can learn to just sort of let it slide off, it's really, it's quite, quite liberating.

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