Reddit reviews Thus Spoke Zarathustra (A Thrifty Book): A Book for All and None
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I think that things like the Evil Overlord list are humerous as far as picking out common villain tropes, but it's not entirely applicable in Real Life. For example, item 34 is "I will not turn into a snake. It never helps." Which makes sense in video games and The Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis) and Final Fantasy VII, because going into Sephiroth-mode is always the prelude to the protagonist smiting you. But in Real Life, there's no reason whatsoever that becoming a one-winged angel won't help you slay your foes more effectively or whatever.
Similarly, some of the advice here is actually mixed: Murphy's Laws of Combat (I don't know if these even have any practical value) are a bit at odds with some of the things in Art of War.
That said, aside from the advice to not do things just because it rarely works out in fiction, what do you want to accomplish? If the goal is Winning™, what does that entail? Is this advice that Bunny is giving other people, or that she's trying to take? (I assume that you're asking for the purposes of S.I.) War, politics, plague, dealing with sentient computer programs/malignant nanomachines, obtaining eternal life, and the net reduction of entropy in the universe all require different mindsets.
Things on practical philosophy include Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Enchiridon (a condensed version of which is currently on this subreddit) and Rational Man with Shotgun, supposedly based on Rowling's comment that a wizard could be killed by a rational man with a shotgun.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Boese. Bless your ruthlessly pragmatic heart.
>I disagree about there being valid safety or mental well-being concerns
Men show a clear pattern of aggression as much as i hate to admit it. There is too high of a testosterone & aggression correlation. It is the duty of the state to provide a safe environment for whatever it builds/sponsors. Just try to get a zoning permit from residential to commercial to see what i mean.
Why did we have to go to the goat argument, you button hooked me. I get your point. The idea is that if we are all equal than we are not equal. As an atheist i am happy to support displays of any faith on private land, but public land is different. I have to pay taxes and therefore i am directly supporting something i don't believe in.
If we displaced ourselves in another country, our beliefs are invalidated. Does this mean that the prevailing party is right/wrong? If you take the socially imposed view of 'right' and 'wrong' out of the conversation, you see how arbitrary people use the words. Your goat theory would hold acceptable to some, while others it would be morally wrong. Do i support the goat? No. It is my decision to say i do not approve of that, but my moral construct is different from others.
A psychopath will have valid self affirmed and clear reasons to kill the goat, and he truly believes it is his duty to do it. It is self justifying behavior. It is group speak as your morals reflect the group/conditions that you were exposed to.
If we moved to another country, and they sacrificed goats for the gym. That is the rule set by that society and yes you either follow it or leave. Or be treated like a heretic and be stoned/beaten/burned etc. Prevailing society wins every time, and as we accept all faiths, we have to accommodate all faiths. Most of all in a 'moral' society, if there is a danger (even the slightest bit like terrorism) than you guard against it, and you have to take it seriously.
Even if you don't agree with Nietzsche, there is a overcoming of 'self' that is inspiring.