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Re: 200+15 SNG players-how good is this guy?
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If I'm already mentioning books, I gotta plug my all time favorite here: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I got into her philosophy after noticing that every single highly successful person I'd meet just happened to also be devoted to Rand's philosophy. Just like communism/collectivism is magnet philosophy for bums & losers, Objectivism/Capitalism is a magnet philosophy for highly successful & self-sufficient individuals. [/ QUOTE ] While I love Atlas Shrugged, just a warning that Ayn Rand is quite verbose, and you are in for an over 1000 page monstrosity including 80 pages of one person giving a speech about the same....things..........again.............and..... ....................again. I agree with most of what she says, but be prepared to be reading for quite awhile... |
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Agreed about Rand. I have only read the Fountainhead so far, which I enjoyed, but she has a tendency to be repeat herself - a lot.
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I prefer The Fountainhead. Gail Wynand (sp?) is one of my favorite literary characters of all time as I identify with him a lot (even though Roarke is the purported hero of the tale). I have watched with interest as modern day Ellsworth Tooey's have risen to prominence in the media.
Atlas Shrugged is too didactic for my taste. |
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Re: 200+15 SNG players-how good is this guy?
well i'm watching the "trainee" right now and he was putting on a clinic until the last few hands. I've noticed you rarely "flash" ur cards but this "trainee" is doing it often. Any reason for that? Thanks
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well i'm watching the "trainee" right now and he was putting on a clinic until the last few hands. I've noticed you rarely "flash" ur cards but this "trainee" is doing it often. Any reason for that? Thanks [/ QUOTE ] I hope he gets over that! |
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just a warning that Ayn Rand is quite verbose, and you are in for an over 1000 page monstrosity including 80 pages of one person giving a speech about the same....things..........again.............and..... ....................again. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I just read her 80 page rant, it could definately be more effective as a 5-10 page rant, especially considering that 99% of it is just her overtly stating the theme of the book. Good book, just finished it. Cut into my poker time this week though. |
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Re: 200+15 SNG players-how good is this guy?
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[ QUOTE ] just a warning that Ayn Rand is quite verbose, and you are in for an over 1000 page monstrosity including 80 pages of one person giving a speech about the same....things..........again.............and..... ....................again. [/ QUOTE ] IMO, it is unfair to compare Rand's litterary style to interesting, fast moving but reletively 'empty' works of fiction (Stephen King, Sydney Sheldon, Salinger, etc...) Instead please compare her works to the dry-ass pure philosophy texts of Aristotle, Socrates, Nietzsche, Descartes and the like. |
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I find the comparison of Ayn Rand to Nietzsche to be patently disgusting.
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Dont want to go off topic here but from a technical point of view Marxism by definition is objectivism due to heavy influence of Hegel over Marxism. The borrowed concept being Objective historical process.
No biggy. Cpt Kernow. P.S. I understand Marxism and Capatilism very well. Thats why I am an anarchist. |
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Re: 200+15 SNG players-how good is this guy?
Why?
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