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It's not a joke, and it works. A boxing match, or even a street fight in which there are no serious injuries, is a good way to bond, whoever wins. You walk awa
by spiritplumber 12y ago
It's not a joke, and it works. A boxing match, or even a street fight in which there are no serious injuries, is a good way to bond, whoever wins.
You walk away thinking "This other person is willing to get into a fight with me, and fight fair". And the physicality of it does cause some amount of bonding.
Plus, the adrenaline in your system that builds up when you prepare to get into a negotiation and would otherwise have nowhere to go gets used up the way nature intended, which makes it easier to see things with equanimity afterwards.
That's an excellent starting point for any negotiation (assuming the fight was indeed fair).
We have evolved with physical fights as one of the cornerstones of our interactions with others -- you can repress it, be in denial about it, work against it, or work with it. What should a hacker do?
TLDR:
The point is not "who wins the fight wins the argument".
The point is "let's you and me fight, then afterwards, we can discuss the argument with more equanimity"
- pjc50 12y agoWe (as a culture) have spent centuries stamping out trial by violence and duelling because as a dispute resolution mechanism it overwhelmingly favors young men with training. We have in recent years marginalized boxing as it gets people killed or seriously injured, causes lasting brain damage even under controlled circumstances, and normalizes violent behavior. Edit in reply to sibling: HN seems to have some anti-deep-thread mechanism which hides reply links. Maybe you should find someone to punch about that.
- spiritplumber 12y agoTo pjc50 to whom I can't seem to reply: The point is not "who wins the fight wins the argument". The point is "let's you and me fight, then afterwards, we can discuss the argument with more equanimity".
- pakled_engineer 12y agoYou're trolling right? Because settling legal disputes with Marquess of Queensbury rules is indeed 19th century bonkers.
- Crito 12y agoWho would fight on UMG's behalf? They have enough money to bring any MMA fighter on as staff. Even if you restricted their pool of fighters to employees that they had before the duel was proposed, they have enough employees that they could probably still find somebody that could kick your ass.