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11/28/07 11:27 - ID#42326
So True
This article made me think of this quote.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
Gore Vidal
US author & dramatist (1925 - )
It just reminds me of how some people make a ton of money at the racetrack by betting long shots. They collect when the masses go down in flames. Or the guys that have been hoarding gold or cash for the last 5 years that are going to buy up all of the foreclosed homes stemming from the credit crunch.
We all can't prosper together. Ok, maybe we all can under some kind of socialism but still we aren't happy if we are all bunched in between 1 standard deviation. We are truly programed to keep score in this zero sum game called the world.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
Gore Vidal
US author & dramatist (1925 - )
It just reminds me of how some people make a ton of money at the racetrack by betting long shots. They collect when the masses go down in flames. Or the guys that have been hoarding gold or cash for the last 5 years that are going to buy up all of the foreclosed homes stemming from the credit crunch.
We all can't prosper together. Ok, maybe we all can under some kind of socialism but still we aren't happy if we are all bunched in between 1 standard deviation. We are truly programed to keep score in this zero sum game called the world.
I disagree - It's not zero sum. Of course, it's also not an unbounded sum. Somewhere in the middle :)Permalink: So_True.html
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