This was a very dense book and I would need to listen to it several times in order to get a decent understanding of what was being said. A lot of it could be encompassed in venn diagrams when it came to the logic part. The if A then B, and if A then C stuff would have been much better to understand in the Venn space. I did like that part about the rhetoric and how things follow from each other. This has somewhat to do with game theory, but is a far precursor of it. Another statement that I like and is something that I tend to believe strongly is that wealth is not in the ownership of things but in the use of them. I hope to remember that owning nice things is completely worthless except to have them be used. And using nice things is the primary end of owning nice things, so if using the nice things can be accomplished without owning them you get about the same benefit overall. This certainly applies strongly to some of the hobbies I’ve taken up recently, like sailing and horseback riding. This also applies to having a car vs. using Zipcar or a similar sharing system for the car. I’d gladly pay Steph so that I don’t have to own a car, but it is not a significant burden on her that she be the one to own a car out of the two of us. The communal housing is another part of this idea that ownership is not wealth, but use is wealth. With communal housing i get the use of many things my roommates have and they get the use of things that I have, thereby increasing the wealth of all of us. I don’t think I’m going to be listening to something quite this dense for a good while, although once in a while listens to dense material is ok.
This is just as tasty as it was at the french restaurant in Monterey. I realoy enjoy this wine.
This book wasn’t what I expected. It was much more business focused. For me that isn’t such a bad thing, as it gave me a lot to think about when/if I end up starting my own company. I did enjoy the talks about partners, employees, nepotism, networking, and marketing. I have the tendency to try to do everything myself, which is good in startup phase, but quickly dies off. The beer festivals they got going sound like a lot of fun, and I’d love to go to more festivals around here.
The application of game theory supported by this book and used in practice is something I like. I would like to learn more about game theory and how to functionally apply it. It seems to me that this is naturally synergistic with Decision Analysis. Combining the two makes for a very powerful model of how people will make decisions and how I should make decisions. Since I have extra time today I will probably look up some additional material on game theory. Reading the Wikipedia article and the links from that is a good start, but I’d like it in the form of a lecture or class if that could be found.
This is s beat pie that didn’t quite get finished. Candice brought it and a strawberry pie. Rong brought a pretty tasty apple pie
Tina organized a nice dinner for everyone and it is quite tasty. Steoh made some truffle mozzarella for the dinner.
Steph and I went to hookah nights and got the pineapple with mango
I got pretty good at blowing smoke rings. I was able to get a few small ones through the big ones.
Jimmy and ray are making some tasty drinks
Jimmy decides that eating nachos with chop sticks is a good idea. I agree, and it is so multicultural. We had lots of taco bell, brownie in a cup, and bolani. To drink there were shots of whiskey, shots of tequilla, and an old fashioned.
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