#79: On Killing & On Combat With Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2014

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Lt. Col. Dave Grossman has spent his career researching, writing, and speaking about an unpleasant topic: killing. Specifically, what happens to a person physically and psychologically whenever they have to take the life another human to protect themselves or someone else. Grossman's work has provided invaluable insights on how to better train and prepare our warriors for the stress that comes with life and death situations. I talk to Lt. Col. Grossman about the often unspoken act of killing, the mind and body in combat, and what people can do to prepare themselves mentally and physically for violent situations.

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1:42.8	So last year I wrote a series of posts about becoming a sheep dog.
1:47.3	So there's this analogy out there that there are three types of people in the world.
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