202112102002 Do not hate your enemy.txt

# 202112102002 Do not hate your enemy
#enemy #hate #rationality

> Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment. https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/266624-the-godfather?page=1

> Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.

Hating the enemy decreases rational and increases irrational behavior. This is not productive.

The relationship to an enemy seems to be emotional. The emotional response to an enemy is instinctive and intense. Both instinctive behavior and intense emotion shift our thinking to system I (-> Kahneman). Therefore hating the enemy is not a productive way to deal with an enemy since you want to deal with enemies rational and deliberately.

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(1) The productive way to deal with ones enemies is rational and deliberate
(2) Hating the enemy decreases rationality when dealing with enemies
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(Therefore:) Hating the enemy is not productive.

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As people, other people can be enemies. It is an eternal constant in conditio humana to have enemies. So dealing with enemies appropriately is essential to adapt to the human condition.

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The world is divided in forces that help us and forces that hinder us. To accomplish what we want to we need to act appropriately. If we learn not to hate our enemies we can be more effective and therefore accomplish more of what we want.

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