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Life is a game, this is your strategy guide

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Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide

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Post by CmonDev »

onion2k wrote: post #22

Every time I see an article like this I just want to grab the readers and shout "Read a philosophy book!" to them[1]. Literally every point in every article on how to live a happy life was being made by the likes of Seneca and Aristotle thousands of years ago, and there are good reasons why those writers are still the foundation for philosophy today - they were right. [1] I would recommend something like "Philosophy…

I would rather read a short article with pictures then read a 300+ page book. Both of them are subjective views anyway, it's not an exact science.

Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide

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Post by chr1 »

onion2k wrote: post #22

Every time I see an article like this I just want to grab the readers and shout "Read a philosophy book!" to them[1]. Literally every point in every article on how to live a happy life was being made by the likes of Seneca and Aristotle thousands of years ago, and there are good reasons why those writers are still the foundation for philosophy today - they were right. [1] I would recommend something like "Philosophy…

This article isn't interesting because of philosophy or because it says something important about life. Nice thing is the way it shows life and computer game in parallel. So it has nothing in common with reading philosophy book. (unless you mean after reading philosophy book one won't waste his time on stupid things like this)

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Post by theorique »

onion2k wrote: post #22

Every time I see an article like this I just want to grab the readers and shout "Read a philosophy book!" to them[1]. Literally every point in every article on how to live a happy life was being made by the likes of Seneca and Aristotle thousands of years ago, and there are good reasons why those writers are still the foundation for philosophy today - they were right. [1] I would recommend something like "Philosophy…

But Seneca and Aristotle never wrote SEO-optimized 7 item listicles or produced YouTube linkbait.

"This crazy Greek drank Hemlock. What happened next will blow your mind."

Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide

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Post by malka »

Jach wrote: post #23

This is a fun little post. I did have a nitpick with the points about willpower, though. There's evidence that's it's limited if you believe willpower is limited, and nonlimited if you believe willpower is nonlimited ( http://www.stanford.edu/~gwalton/home/Publications_files/Job... ). (And in other ego depletion literature, loss of willpower may just be reflecting lower glucose levels.) > All players die after about…

Great is not really the word I would use. Awful fits better.

Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide

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Post by Tloewald »

CmonDev wrote: post #41
onion2k wrote: post #22

Every time I see an article like this I just want to grab the readers and shout "Read a philosophy book!" to them[1]. Literally every point in every article on how to live a happy life was being made by the likes of Seneca and Aristotle thousands of years ago, and there are good reasons why those writers are still the foundation for philosophy today - they were right. [1] I would recommend something like "Philosophy…

I would rather read a short article with pictures then read a 300+ page book. Both of them are subjective views anyway, it's not an exact science.

Something can be subjective and stupid.

Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide

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Post by merrua »

onion2k wrote: post #22

Every time I see an article like this I just want to grab the readers and shout "Read a philosophy book!" to them[1]. Literally every point in every article on how to live a happy life was being made by the likes of Seneca and Aristotle thousands of years ago, and there are good reasons why those writers are still the foundation for philosophy today - they were right. [1] I would recommend something like "Philosophy…

Seneca and Aristotle were building off information already passed on to them so its probably older than that.

Re: Life is a game, this is your strategy guide

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Post by Tloewald »

lgieron wrote: post #44

Seriously, THIS is the advice that you'd give to, for example, your son? Views like that (both the content and the form that was used to present it) are a great example for why lots of people see the techies as detached simpletons.

What, you don't think that your main life decision was whether to be comfortable, well-off, or mega-rich?
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