NancyLebovitz comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 24, chapter 95 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 31 July 2013 02:50:43PM 2 points [-]

That sounds like a variant of a pattern from Frank Herbert. A wants B to be strong enough to be useful, so A makes B's life worse to toughen B up. B becomes stronger, but is unwilling to cooperate with A.