Further Thoughts
To read yesterday's post, one would probably think that I am a total asshole. And maybe I am. But the point of yesterday's post was to underline two key things.
First, as I've mentioned earlier, intelligence is, by and large, the most undervalued asset in the world. In most social situations, physical appearance, ease, and the like are comparatively overvalued and thus lead to higher quality lifestyles. The business world is where the intelligence and other intangible factors can earn their reward and move ahead in the long run.
Second, I think that winning is important because it gives us a goal. I've already said that I think winning can be self-defined...if one is perfectly happy living a life with little money and lots of leisure, then go for it. But, I think one has to put a lot of effort into winning, and you have to win to be fulfilled in life. It's cold, but it's probably true.
Timm, in his blog, offers a solid counterargument. I think we agree to some extent on the weaknesses of capitalism and rewarding end results rather than effort, but I still believe that capitalism is the most efficient system for rewarding success, and I also believe that, in the long-run, effort and ethics are rewarded. Life is an infinite series of games, rather than one big one....so all you game theorists can have fun with what that implies. I also would like to put on the record that the solution to poverty is porbably more capitalism, and not less.
Big discussion about the Tribe tommorow. Yesterday I went to the game and it was just horrible, total buzzkill. Today was a nice bounceback W though.
Interested in hearing what the rest of you think on the topic of yesterday and today. Leave some comments.
First, as I've mentioned earlier, intelligence is, by and large, the most undervalued asset in the world. In most social situations, physical appearance, ease, and the like are comparatively overvalued and thus lead to higher quality lifestyles. The business world is where the intelligence and other intangible factors can earn their reward and move ahead in the long run.
Second, I think that winning is important because it gives us a goal. I've already said that I think winning can be self-defined...if one is perfectly happy living a life with little money and lots of leisure, then go for it. But, I think one has to put a lot of effort into winning, and you have to win to be fulfilled in life. It's cold, but it's probably true.
Timm, in his blog, offers a solid counterargument. I think we agree to some extent on the weaknesses of capitalism and rewarding end results rather than effort, but I still believe that capitalism is the most efficient system for rewarding success, and I also believe that, in the long-run, effort and ethics are rewarded. Life is an infinite series of games, rather than one big one....so all you game theorists can have fun with what that implies. I also would like to put on the record that the solution to poverty is porbably more capitalism, and not less.
Big discussion about the Tribe tommorow. Yesterday I went to the game and it was just horrible, total buzzkill. Today was a nice bounceback W though.
Interested in hearing what the rest of you think on the topic of yesterday and today. Leave some comments.
posted by David Ebersole at 10:13 PM
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