Simon Says

Situating, Part 2

Confused? So are we. Visit www.theaikidiot.com [http://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 [http://theaikidiot.com] or write to us at theaikidiot@proton.me [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 [https://www.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 /