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Re: Midway...
« Reply #60 on: April 11, 2014, 10:21:06 PM »
Quote from: mechanic on April 11, 2014, 09:03:52 PM
midway, I assume you have read Jonathon Livingston Seagull

I have...in high school. It is a beautiful and inspiring story. :)

It is my second favorite book after Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.   :)

 :)

PS: My favorite poem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goc3f77bcXk :)

 :)

Yours?
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Re: Midway...
« Reply #61 on: April 11, 2014, 10:27:32 PM »
I have not read Atlas Shrugged, I will look it up
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Re: Midway...
« Reply #62 on: April 11, 2014, 10:32:01 PM »
Atlas Shrugged is one of the greatest books in the world.  :aok

Midway, if you like that, one in nonfiction that you might like is Basic Economics, by Sowell.  I love that book as well.

It is a great read for everyone, especially including people who think that they know economics because they had a course in college.
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Re: Midway...
« Reply #63 on: April 11, 2014, 10:36:25 PM »
Quote from: Brooke on April 11, 2014, 10:32:01 PM
Atlas Shrugged is one of the greatest books in the world.  :aok

Midway, if you like that, one in nonfiction that you might like is Basic Economics, by Sowell.  I love that book as well.

It is a great read for everyone, especially including people who think that they know economics because they had a course in college.

I will purchase it. :aok

My two favorite economics books:

Human Action - by Ludwig Von Mises
How an economy grows and why it crashes - by Peter and Andrew Schiff

Although arguably Atlas Shrugged can be looked at as an economics book as well, although it is much more than that.

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Re: Midway...
« Reply #64 on: April 11, 2014, 10:55:28 PM »
Quote from: Midway on April 11, 2014, 10:21:06 PM
I have...in high school. It is a beautiful and inspiring story. :)

It is my second favorite book after Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.   :)

 :)

PS: My favorite poem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goc3f77bcXk :)

 :)

Yours?

not sure if it's my favourite but a limerick I sent to my misses via text a fair time ago to ease the tedium of higher education

My lover is stuck in a class
sitting bored on her wonderful ass
higher up stomach flat
perfect boobs above that
for these reasons alone she should pass

I've written her many limericks, some cheeky, some deeper, she seems to like them
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Re: Midway...
« Reply #65 on: April 11, 2014, 11:06:06 PM »
Quote from: mechanic on April 11, 2014, 10:55:28 PM
not sure if it's my favourite but a limerick I sent to my misses via text a fair time ago to ease the tedium of higher education

My lover is stuck in a class
sitting bored on her wonderful ass
higher up stomach flat
perfect boobs above that
for these reasons alone she should pass

I've written her many limericks, some cheeky, some deeper, she seems to like them

 :)
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Re: Midway...
« Reply #66 on: April 12, 2014, 12:52:07 AM »
Quote from: Brooke on April 11, 2014, 10:32:01 PM
Atlas Shrugged is one of the greatest books in the world.  :aok

Midway, if you like that, one in nonfiction that you might like is Basic Economics, by Sowell.  I love that book as well.

It is a great read for everyone, especially including people who think that they know economics because they had a course in college.

Randian Theory is a bit...self serving.  Atlas Shrugged is not big on "the good of the many"...its more about the good of self.
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Re: Midway...
« Reply #67 on: April 12, 2014, 12:55:37 AM »
Quote from: Changeup on April 12, 2014, 12:52:07 AM
Randian Theory is a bit...self serving.  Atlas Shrugged is not big on "the good of the many"...its more about the good of self.

Nothing wrong with that.  Collective theory is a bit....dehumanizing and unnatural when taken to the extreme.  But I'll stop before the political uproar starts....
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« Reply #68 on: April 12, 2014, 06:22:34 AM »
Quote from: Changeup on April 12, 2014, 12:52:07 AM
Randian Theory is a bit...self serving.  Atlas Shrugged is not big on "the good of the many"...its more about the good of self.

Lack of full comprehension will produce incorrect conclusions. :old:

The many = the sum of each of the individuals.

What is good for the individuals = what is good for the component parts of the many.

Optimize that equation for each of the individuals and you'll find what is best for the many. :)



Now, back to the topic at hand. :old:



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« Reply #69 on: April 12, 2014, 07:15:56 AM »
Cool video Midway. I emailed it to a friend of mine who is down with nature and what have ya.  :aok

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I just wanted to be a part of this thread.  :)

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Re: Midway...
« Reply #70 on: April 12, 2014, 07:30:26 AM »
Quote from: Midway on April 12, 2014, 06:22:34 AM
Lack of full comprehension will produce incorrect conclusions. :old:

The many = the sum of each of the individuals.

What is good for the individuals = what is good for the component parts of the many.

Optimize that equation for each of the individuals and you'll find what is best for the many. :)



Now, back to the topic at hand. :old:

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The Albatross, beauty and skill in flight.  :aok

A simpletons view of her theories. 
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« Reply #71 on: April 12, 2014, 07:43:01 AM »
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Re: Midway...
« Reply #72 on: April 12, 2014, 08:02:22 AM »
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Re: Midway...
« Reply #73 on: April 12, 2014, 08:25:26 AM »
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"Such is the nature of war.  By protecting others, you save yourself."

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« Reply #74 on: April 12, 2014, 08:37:46 AM »

Again, back to the topic at hand. :)





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