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mm, craig spottar ut non sequitirs på löpande band men likt göran persson vann han debatten ändå. dawkins däremot framstår ofta lite mer upplyst och är bättre på att vinna debatter. sedan var han ju rätt knepig i övrigt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens#Socialism

trevligt! precis det som var anledningen att jag rekade det så starkt, det sparar så mycket tid och energi jämfört med att steka. dessutom är det ju jävligt gott. testa avocado turkist yoghurt eller salsa yoghurt eller rädisa squash paprika.

inte idealt läge att köpa, ny mbp med ivy bridge som man vill ha kommer om några månader. windows äter ström och datorn blir varm, speciellt med kassa pokerklienter. lubbo fan control hjälper en del men blir hårfön av datorn, öronproppar och numpad hjälper. vore kanske bra att damma av fläktarna någon gång om året, men det verkar omständigt

Varit ute och druckit varannan kväll i senaste tiden. Märker hur mycket sämre man mår så funderar på att testa vara nykter nästa år eller iaf hitta en sund inställning till alkohol typ bara dricka vin och max 3glas per dag. Vad är optimalt?

Expert play. Ozzie är sjukt stabil dock...

han var inte min favoritateist och jag tyckte han presterade rätt kasst i debatter mot craig etc men RIP. --- zouk var lite underväldigande men fick bra kontakt med några singaporeaner iaf. får se vad som händer imon, inget flyg eller hotel bokat, kanske blir phuket eller mer singapore, lutar åt det senare. miami om du läser detta så hör jag av mig när jag vet mer. hörs!

mm, finns väl en del lägenheter för 2-4k men de flesta kräver väl att man har ett jobb för att få söka och visst form av långtidskontrakt. men fortfarande är det rätt saftiga pengar. det byggs helt sjukt här, trots att de ökar takten på bostäder enormt stiger priserna då så många vill flytta hit. men tycker singapores regering verkar sköta det väldigt bra ändå. de ska t ex flytta nästan hela hamnen som idag täcker hela kusten för att göra plats för mer lägenheter. jämför med sverige etc med enorm bostadbrist där inget byggs.

givetvis är kränkningar av personliga friheter negativt. men tror inte det drabbar mig så hårt. jag ser aldrig på tv och lyssnar aldrig på radio och köper extremt sällan lokaltidningar(köper time och the economist ibland). såg på MI4 igår, noterade inga missade sekvenser iaf. de har lite propaganda innan filmerna, stör mig nästan på det mer än thailändsk biopropaganda men går ju att komma sent till bion. sedan tvingas man tyvärr kompromissa, finns inga bra alternativ i världen så handlar om att välja vilka friheter man klarar sig utan och vikta andra faktorer också. det mest negativa med singapore är att det är så sjukt varmt varje dag på året. och fuktiheten är brutal, även om man inte svettas blir man blöt. jag som älskar att vara ute i naturen blir det ju lite krånligt för. önskar det fanns fler moderna och vackra städer som singapore att välja mellan runt om i världen, men tyvärr är väl singapore väldigt unikt?

kul att det finns någon som delar alla extrema åsikter man har. vill tro att det beror på vi har rätt och alla andra fel och att om man öppetsinnat letar information kommer till samma ståndpunkt. förhoppningsvis blir vi fler i framtiden. som någon vis flashbackare sa "flynneffekten är åttaklöverns värsta fiende" jag vet inte exakt vad jag är men lutar åt att jag är anarkokapitalist fast pragmatisk nog att argumentera för nattväktarstat och därifrån experimentera med mer anarkistiska samhällen. men detta är bara för att jag bryr mig om alla andra, hade själv föredragit en seasteading med 10-20% skattetryck. måste säga att singapore är extremt intressant att uppleva för att få perspektiv på hur samhällen skulle kunna se ut. sjuk resa de har gjort, visst att de har en del fördelar andra länder inte har, men mycket är tack vare väldigt annorlunda men effektiv politik. vet inte om jag är så mycket mer bildad. jag tror mest jag upplevs som bildad då jag skriver allt jag vet hela tiden och är lite halvt intresserad av det mesta. hehe, mest för jag ser mitt forumande som chatt på irc eller liknande. men håll med om att vi hade sparat tid som 6åringar om vi slapp lära oss tolka 28 extra symboler som egentligen inte tillför någon extra information... diskussionen var mest missförstånd då vi var otydliga båda två. vi är nog rätt eniga om det mesta om diskussionen bara att jag är lite mer österrikare och slaktis i frågan är lite mer chicago men båda håller med om 95% av innehållet på mises vilket rätt få andra gör. angående hur samhället skulle se ut utan riksbank och valutamonopol: antagligen hade marknaden erbjudit ett gäng olika valutor varav några få hade blivit dominerade. både blandat rena fiatvalutor och valutor kopplade till metaller och sannolikt även andra värden. även om valutorna kanske varit introducerade på ett inflatoriskt sätt(likt bitcoin) hade de antagligen rätt snabbt nått en jämvikt där de snarare var deflatoriska än inflatoriska över tiden. möjligt att de hade varit varken eller, men jag tror det är mest sannolikt att de hade varit deflatioriska.

bah, trodde jag hade styrt studentrum för 38sgd/natt, allt verkade kanon. sedan när jag ska betala får jag reda på att de ville ha 128 för rummen med AC och 49sgd för rum med fläkt som enligt polaren blir bastu runt 10 så funkar inte för grind. blir nog att lämna singapore om inget oväntat dyker upp. eventuellt ta någon natt på något billigare boende typ miami: finns det rum hos dig över jul om jag får för mig att grinda där? snackade med syo på NUS singapore. verkar rätt trevligt att plugga där, kanske söker in på något. jag har kurser motsvarande 2år på chalmers och funderar lite på om, var, vad och när jag skulle göra det. funderar lite på ekonomi på gu, men kanske skulle läsa i typ singapore. kanske skulle försöka skaffa en bachelor och sedan söka in på master någonstans. eller bara läsa strökurser. era tankar?

knappt varit här 48h än men hunnit med zoo, marina, lau pa sat, chime, clarke quay, pump, arena, sentosa, harbourfront. ikväll blir det attack(tror jag det hette). vill simma i marina bay sands men ryktet säger att de för någon vecka stängde av poolen för folk utanför hotellet pga för mycket klagomål från gästerna. funderar på att slaska en natt där ändå, men är ju dyrt för redan dyra singapore. mer tips! geylang skippar jag helst, bott där tidigare. bott i little india som backpacker var förvisso rätt trevligt, men ska man behöva bo där alltså? ryktet säger att man får betala typ 10kkr för att dela en 3rummare på 3 ett gäng stationer från centrum.

vilka av mina åsikter jag gett uttryck för i min wellbok håller du inte med om? nämn några av de åsikter som jag har som färre än 10% av svenskarna delar håller du med mig om?

är i singapore nu. sjukt nice, förvånad över hur trevligt festliv det är här. trist att det är så sjukt dyrt och svårt att få boende bara. några tips på hur man styr boende i singapore?

becel, gb etc då? åh, nej, näringspåstående på framsidan av förpackningen. vi vill ju inte att folk lätt ska se vad de köper, isåfall kan de ju råka köpa "fel" vara.

lol kommunistsverige

sahara förvånade mig lite. trodde ryssland skulle vara värre. verkar främst vara torra områden och kina som har dålig luft? vad händer i Lombardiet?

loldexter Spoiler! lite ironiskt mtp skådespelarnas relationsstatus

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Jag läste tråden på min iPad vid poolen, tyckte den var intressant och diskuterar många missuppfattningar om livet många har.

I think greedy people are useful. Helps with the whole innovation thing. Do greedy people have to be thieves? No. One can be greedy and still try to put the best possible product out there. One can be greedy and still help others without expecting anything in return. I think capitalism is good for a variety of reasons. I don't like the idea of Harrison Bergeron (for the lazy: http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html). Yes, life is unfair. Yes, I like to make the lives of others better. Yes, I could do a whole heck of a lot more to make the lives of others better. No, I don't feel guilty for being ridiculously lucky in a lot of ways. I was adopted, could have easily been aborted, life is a huge freeroll for me. I ran good to find poker when I did. I ran good to get into Columbia. Do I still bitch about finals next week? Yea, I do. If I could sacrifice my life for the lives of 2 randoms, would I do it? No. Does that make me selfish? From some perspectives, definitely. Perfect altruism exists as little more than a concept as far as I can tell. Should I feel bad about that? I don't think so.

The "system" was built by people with my exact attitude. It's what makes the "system" grow the fastest. There's no "responsibility" to do things you do not want to do to help the system out. People that help the system out do so, for selfish reasons...money, fame, feeling good about themselves, enjoying what they are doing, etc. The reaping it's full benefits while doing the least being a bad thing is a foreign concept to me. Why wouldn't you want that? You pay for everything you do in one way or another. Either through taxes, directly/indirectly paying for a service there's nothing in life that's free. Of course I'm going to want to "reap" the world's fullest benefits with doing the least. Doesn't everyone? I'm glad the world is so efficient that I no longer have to harvest my own food. I will continue to do the least in order to get food, by just going to the grocery store 4 minutes from my house or to restaurants. The world is a ridiculous place full of tons of amazing things. By doing the least, you're making the world the most efficient at providing things you and others enjoy. I love that someone will spend $50 million, in order to get groups of people to work on a movie for a year or more, so that I can have a fun 2 hour experience for $5-10 bucks. Everyone wins. If nobody else was like me and wanted to watch movies, all those people wouldn't have those jobs and be doing something else. By doing what you enjoy doing, you are inherently enriching the world, giving people better jobs (more enjoyable, more $), etc. Similar argument can be said for whatever you do (including if all you do is masturbate to internet porn...it still is helping out people around the world). Passing judgment on others for being selfish, is somewhat silly IMO. Being selfish is a very good thing, as long as you're not harming others. The key aspect of living a good life IMO, is not doing things that harm other people/cheat the system. Watching reality TV, internet porn, fine dining, or starting a business/charity all help the world, just in different ways. Typically you patronize/create the goods/services that you enjoy, which in turn, tells others to make more/better/cheaper of those goods/services. The producers of the goods/services make more money, when they satisfy the consumers. Nearly everyone in the world is both producer and consumer, and they do both activities selfishly. The reason why people "wiser" than yourself think those activities you listed are the most "enriching", is because the people you find "wise" personally enjoy those activities the most and have found great happiness that way. I consider myself wise, and personally have found great happiness watching Family Guy. However, I would not consider someone unwise that did not enjoy Family Guy. People have different interests. That's all there is to it IMO. As long as your interest doesn't harm someone else, there's nothing inherently better or worse about any activity. It's just simply what you enjoy.

Ppl that know me know I'm a big health nut but its not just to try to look good or because it's fun. It's because it makes every other life experience that much better when you're eating super well and exercising and feeding your competitive drive both from a physical and mental state. Having a balanced lifestyle that focuses on personal health makes watching shows better, playing video games better, working better, social interaction better, etcetc.. It's the most natural high you can have, and you can have it all the time. +1

When I was broke, I just wanted to be rich. I didn't care about much else. I was also not a very happy person. I did the poker thing for a while, though I stopped really loving it after the first few months or so. I love the friends I have made through poker, and the opportunities it has given me, but I was never a huge fan of playing the game full time. As a hobby or a part time gig I think it is great, and I am looking forward to playing some over my xmas break, but I do not regret in any way doing what I am doing now. I coached baseball for 1 season in 2009. It was one of the best things I have ever done. I fondly reflect on the memories I created there and the relationships I built with my players and my fellow coaches. I look forward to doing something like that again in the future. I spent the next 2 years at a small liberal arts school studying classics and philosophy. I always sucked at reading and writing so I figured going this route would help. It did, though I am still not particularly great at either. I took part in an economics study group while at St. John's College (that small liberal arts school) and my interest for the topic grew. I decided I got what I needed out of a program dedicated almost entirely to classics and philosophy and it was time for a change. I applied to as a transfer student to 12 programs because I had no idea where I could get in. I ran pretty good here IMO. I started at Columbia 3 months ago, and am studying Chinese language/culture (Mandarin) and political science for my major/minor. I am taking a few economics and math courses because I am not particularly good at higher level math and feel like having some foundation there will be helpful in some way I can’t really explain. Next semester I am taking a classics course because what the hell right, I enjoy it still. After that I will work in some computer science since I know absolutely nothing about that. This summer I am, for the first time since I turned 21 (18 really, though I only played cash games for my pre-21 years), saying **** the WSOP. I am doing an intensive language program in Beijing. Hopefully I attain some level of language proficiency by the time I graduate. My goal is not to specialize in any particular field, but to study a broad range of topics that I am interested in and that will give me options in the future. I have no idea what I want to do, who I want to be, or how I want to live. I like language. I am pretty good at ancient Greek and catching on to this Chinese thing pretty quick. I would like to learn Spanish at some point as well so I can cover the top 3 languages spoken in the world. Why? I don’t really know, but ‘because it is interesting’ is good enough for me at the moment. I don’t have any aspirations of changing the world, but if I can for the better, I would feel pretty good about it. I have invested a large portion of what I have won playing poker in a few startups that show some pretty awesome potential. I could be throwing it away, but at worst I learn something about each business and can bring a more well-rounded understanding to my future endeavors. At best, well, I make some money in addition to my learning experience. I still plan to play poker in the future, but never as a full time job. A few years ago I think it was the best thing for me. I no longer think this is the case. Like many of us, I like spending money on fancy dinners. Dining experiences are some of my best memories, almost always shared with my closest friends. I watch Boardwalk Empire and I think it is awesome, though I don’t spend a ton of time watching TV anymore. The Wire remains my favorite TV series, followed closely by the West Wing (at least the first few seasons). I stopped watching Dexter in the middle of season 3. I don’t like clubbing, but I enjoy having some drinks with friends while actually being able to communicate intelligibly. I don’t play any instruments, but I sang fairly seriously for ~12 years, and I often think about getting back into it. I always enjoyed it quite a bit and the only reasons I create for not doing it are lame excuses. Do I have some magical perspective on life? No. Do I think I am a much improved person from 5 years ago? Yes. 2 years ago? Yes. My goal is to always be improving in some way. I still don’t think I am a super happy person, but my overall attitude towards happiness and life has vastly improved over the last few years. Like SlowHabit, I try to value my happiness very highly. I take the long term approach to this and try to avoid a hedonistic attitude. I still eat cupcakes because they are delicious, but I try to maintain a pretty healthy diet overall because it makes me feel good. I hit the gym a couple times a week and play basketball as often as I can because I love it. The gym feels like work at the time, but after I feel great, and those feelings continue throughout the rest of the day, even if the workout itself is temporary suffering (and it is rarely that bad). This is what works best for me: I try to project myself into the future, looking back on my life. I try to make decisions that would make that person smile thinking back on life’s memories. Will I achieve that? I don’t know, but right now I think it is the best thing I can do. --- 1) david really great post. 2) lol at anyone who thinks 99% of poker players are rich. you have no clue what wealth is. 3) implying that someone should change the way they live based on their economic status is beyond absurd. 4) applying any kind of broad label/making any kind of generalization about moral imperatives is hilariously ridic. 5) insinuating in any way shape or forum that anyone has any semblance of an obligation to DO ANYTHING whatsoever in order to satisfy your subjective definition of worth is absurd. 6) making pejorative statements about how people choose to spend their time only demonstrates your personal insecurities and narrow mindedness. the world would be a much better place if everyone stopped caring so much what other people were doing to pass the time. as long as your not hurting anyone or anything it shouldn't be anybody's ****ing business what you do, and its ****ing sickening how much time we spend as a society minding other people's business. right after steve jobs passed away there were all kinds of insane debates going on about whether he did enough to help the world, and attacking him for not donating more money to charity during his life etc....its so ****ing disgusting how people are so ****ing pathetic and miserable in their own life the only way they can drown out their inner ****ing misery is by tearing apart anyone more successful then themselves. think about how many people actually make a ****ing living doing NOTHING BUT DISCUSSING/CRITIQUING OTHER PEOPLE you have whole ****ing magazines and television shows devoted to discussing what kind of clothing celebrities are wearing, what did they eat for lunch, blah blah blah its ****ing grotesque. and every single ****ing person is just a giant ****ing hypocrite. ****ing politicians attacking clinton for getting a BJ and then you find out they're trying to **** dudes in airport bathrooms and paying guys to be their **** buddies and then voting against gay marriage cuz its a sin. and you have TV pundits tearing tiger woods apart for ****ing a bunch of hot chicks when they're sexually harassing their interns and co-workers. everyone is so obsessed with how everyone else is living their lives just ****ing focus on yourself and stop being so godamn concerned with **** that doesn't involve you. sorry for the raging diatribe it just tilts me so much how obsessed everyone is with placing value judgements on how other people choose to live their life. so what if someone makes a billion dollars and decides all they want to do is sit in a dark home theatre for the rest of their lives and watch every episode of buffy the vampire slayer on a constant loop and post on a BTVS forum discussing in great detail which season they thought was the best and why. no one is obligated to DO ANYTHING the only moral imperative IMHO is to never cause harm to another living creature. (and no i'm not a vegetarian so i obv fail at my own philosophy). and i know that technically this OP isn't guilty of what i'm raging about, however it is obv stemming from the OP's ridic post in the **** thread and is clearly trying to suggest that us poker players are "wasting" our lives yapping about the things we yap about on 2p2. and even that is ****ing absurd because its not like the entire collective free time of the posters on 2p2 is spent posting on 2p2. --- http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost.php?p=30157595&postcount=49 osv osv

Originally Posted by SlowHabit I'm not sure what qualifies as rich but here's my 2 cents. When I was younger, I didn't have a purpose and that's not a bad thing at all. I did what was required of me and then I did things that made me happy. I was never sad because I was broke. I hung out with broke friends and they are still my friends today because I'm happy when I'm with them. As I got older and have more control of my life, basically, I graduated college and found poker, it was easier (and more choices) to do things that made me happy. The question is what you need to do to be happy. I use something I called a happiness scale. Basically, every day, I think of activities and people that increase my happiness level and I do my best to do those activities and be around those people. It's amazing how talking to people who are motivated, energetic, and have a thirst for life motivates you. This is the main reason why people talk about pets and restaurants. Because it gives them opportunities to talk about things that make them happy. It's even better if they can talk to people who makes them happy as well. I do my best to avoid people who suck the energy out of me and people who are negative. They pull you down. It's not a coincidence that when you think of your friends, you think of people who bring smiles to your face. Negative people don't do that and don't contribute anything to your life but pain and annoyances. Although it's gut-wretching, over time, we naturally move away from these people. For me, I make sure I avoid them because it's going to happen anyway. I might as well start now. If you want to be happy, make it your #1 goal in life. Once you start focusing on being happy, your life will be better. You know that exercising and eating healthy foods will make you happy but if for whatever reason, you don't want to do it, this basically means that you don't value happiness enough. Imagine if I give you a million dollar every time you go to the gym, would you do it? Of course you would. But like everyone with money know, in the end, it's not the money that get you to smile every day. It's your friends and family that you love and care for. It seems daunting but if you strategize how to be happy, you can achieve it. DAILY. And it's not that hard. It takes simple steps. It takes time. If you find yourself giving a reason why you can't do it, find a friend who doesn't have this attitude and ask him to help you out. He will help you out. All of us have someone who love life and they will be ECSTATIC to help you live a better life. I always love it when someone asks me how to be healthy or what place/restaurant to visit. Everything along the way to happiness is just gravy. Whether it is making money, creating products, going places, etc. Just make sure you make happiness your #1 goal. It's like making sure playing perfect poker is your #1 goal. The money will follow, your peers will respect you, etc. So write down the things that you can get rid of in your life to make you feel better ie weed, soda, fast foods, etc. You will see a change in your mood right away. Start today. Put yourself in positions to BE HAPPY! You deserve it. --- this week i did 4.5 hours of classical singing lessons. the total cost was 180$. So basically a pretty high weekly cost for a normal person, infact an impossible cost, that is more than most peoples monthly rent. I just wanted to improve as quickly as possible at singing and the financial aspect was fairly irrelevant. I am very fortunate to be in a position to say that. The most annoying thing is the commute to my lessons which is nothing in the scheme of things. The responsibility to show up is surprisingly good for my life; a little structure... Infact i've been doing singing lessons like this for the last 3-4 months in the same way, which has cost me quite a lot. I've also gotten guitar or piano lessons from many of the people who i essentially used to see as rockstars simply by walking up to them and asking them if they would give me lessons and then paying their asking price which is usually around $50 an hour. I was pretty good already when i asked them, which is nice; it means most the time we are kind of hanging out but then if i have specific questions they are immediately accessible. On Friday i performed at a gig we didn't expect to get. I did the same on Tuesday. Neither gigs had covers; probably 1/4 of the audience both times were people i knew, we didn't charge them. No problem, we are just trying to get as many people as possible to show up at this point which is probably optimal. In the future there are many things i can imagine fronting money for and the cushion is nice. It is also nice to know that if i essentially work very hard at music, even if i only attain the level of expertise that leads to 25k a year in income, i will still be ok through supplementary means. I bought a bunch of musical instruments. In fact i bought a drum kit to have in my apartment just so people could play drums there. I don't play the drums myself although more recently i have thoroughly enjoyed bashing away at them. It mainly seemed more convenient to have a sick jam space in my apartment which i wouldn't be able to afford if it wasn't for poker. All these things are possible because i am incredibly fortunate to have 'disposable income'. I use it extremely aggressively to live the life i want to and i try to include people in that life as much as possible. Sometimes i feel like i wasted much of the last 6 years of my life because i was dedicated to poker and only to a lesser extent my true passion which has really only ever been music, but now i realise that from dawn to dusk i think about and immerse myself in a world that i have essentially created for myself, and that i really just occasionally walk out of this world to make a little cash playing poker, investing, etc, and that none of this would be possible if i hadn't walked the path i had. I have also seen every episode of breaking bad and homeland though, and i think you would be surprised at how much downtime your average person who focuses for 8 hours a day actually has. If i told you a concert pianist practiced 6 hours a day, you'd probably think that was an insane amount of piano to play but its really only 42 hours a week. Even with exercise, girls etc, there's still plenty of time to do ****. Non-drinkers have unlimited time especially.... The issue is not time, it is FOCUS and beyond a certain amount, FOCUS is very hard to maintain. I have trouble going beyond 8 hour days on music it seems basically impossible even with a Steve Vai style warrior attitude and supportive peers your brain just ends up melting. I would like to mention the fact that i basically have 0 in the way of employable skills, 0 work experience in the last 7 years (literally 0), university drop out, turning 27, it's daunting sometimes but i figure if i work diligently in the world i have created for myself, at the things i am passionate about, things will be ok. I think if other people do the same, they will be ok. Because really "OK" is just what you define it as and if you do what you consider "working hard to achieve your version of OK" you will feel satisfaction when you get there. End rant... i'd just like to point out that i am extremely interested in hearing about how other people want to walk even remotely similar paths (in dif areas etc; was always interesting to me watching thebruiser train hard / obsess over soccer despite the obstacles to him being a truely world class soccer player for example) but like G.Stevenson has mentioned, i really don't think its a case of people just 'not getting it'. People are fundamentally different in a lot of ways when it comes to this sort of thing and i can think of plenty of my friends who i simply cannot imagine using their free time to do more than casually increasing the power of their baking skills, buying a second pet, and getting slightly healthier. I don't say those things in a negative way, just that not everyone is a type A obsessive art nut.