From: David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 07:41:56 MST
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From: "Mermaid"
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:08 AM
> The Law of the Game (or Lucifer's First Law)
> Those who are doing best in life are playing it like a game.
>
> [Mermaid]this is vague to me. it begs the question of what 'best in life' really means...apparently, one is a winner if one
decides that he has won and when he will win the game. its like playing poker with oneself?
[Lucifer] It is the nature of concise laws to be vague.
The point is to explore the consequences given the
tentative assumption that the law is true.
> [Mermaid]On the other hand, if we are to assume that all of us are playing the same "game of life", what are the rules of the
game? If you really think about it, people who want to play the same games form groups and play against each other. e.g. All the
employees of a corporation play a game within the confined by the corporate rules.
[Lucifer] The game of life consists of all the games you are in,
consciously or unconsciously. I suspect most games are participated
in unconciously in which case you are more like a pawn than a player.
> [Mermaid]If I can alter Lucifer's First Law, I would say that those who do best in life are those who play the game after they
pick their team and opponents well.
[Lucifer] Of course you may alter it, but then you have to give it
a new name. Your variation is now Mermaid's Law.
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