Comments on: What I’m Reading http://www.ryanholiday.net/what-im-reading-7/ Meditations on strategy and life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ryan Holiday http://www.ryanholiday.net/what-im-reading-7/#comment-10538 Ryan Holiday Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:49:04 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/what-im-reading-7/#comment-10538 Of course - that's where I go it. Great article, thank you. Of course – that’s where I go it. Great article, thank you.

]]> By: Tree Frog http://www.ryanholiday.net/what-im-reading-7/#comment-10537 Tree Frog Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:50:25 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/what-im-reading-7/#comment-10537 I found that Cows align North/South articles a little bit before you. Tagged it "for:ryanholiday", but don't know if it actually popped up in your delicious feed. My thought upon reading it: "Does this mean predators go East/West?" Further reflection leads me to believe that they'd want to come from behind, so it'd be northeast/west and southeast/west. Here's my feed: <a href="http://delicious.com/BenThapa/" rel="nofollow">http://delicious.com/BenThapa/</a> I found that Cows align North/South articles a little bit before you. Tagged it “for:ryanholiday”, but don’t know if it actually popped up in your delicious feed.

My thought upon reading it: “Does this mean predators go East/West?” Further reflection leads me to believe that they’d want to come from behind, so it’d be northeast/west and southeast/west.

Here’s my feed: http://delicious.com/BenThapa/

]]> By: Matt http://www.ryanholiday.net/what-im-reading-7/#comment-10536 Matt Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:57:49 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/what-im-reading-7/#comment-10536 I read about guyland and was interested but turned off by some of the excerpts I read. He seemed to have this politically correct lens that kept him from being objective. For example, in writing about firemen he would talk about how they were sexist in lamenting the good old days before women firefighters, but he did not seem to consider the possibility that there were actual social cost to having women around. Thematically, he seemed to be saying- Guys are immature. Sexism and other isms are immature. Guys need to grow up. How did we fail to motivate them to see the truth and goodness of doing what they are supposed to? I am hoping the book contains more actual analysis of the situation guys are in. Sure, sitting around and making disparaging homosexual remarks to each other is pretty gay, but as far as lifestyle and job choice- it's not just slacking off. The world doesn't seem to have room for a lot of men right now. Let us know if i'm completely wrong. I read about guyland and was interested but turned off by some of the excerpts I read. He seemed to have this politically correct lens that kept him from being objective.

For example, in writing about firemen he would talk about how they were sexist in lamenting the good old days before women firefighters, but he did not seem to consider the possibility that there were actual social cost to having women around.

Thematically, he seemed to be saying- Guys are immature. Sexism and other isms are immature. Guys need to grow up. How did we fail to motivate them to see the truth and goodness of doing what they are supposed to?

I am hoping the book contains more actual analysis of the situation guys are in. Sure, sitting around and making disparaging homosexual remarks to each other is pretty gay, but as far as lifestyle and job choice- it’s not just slacking off. The world doesn’t seem to have room for a lot of men right now.

Let us know if i’m completely wrong.

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