Objectivism in bridge
Nice article in the New York Times this past week, about a bridge player who applies the tenets of Objectivism to life -- and to the game of bridge.
Money passage:
Some weeks later, I press Wildavsky on a similar point: if Objectivism truly gives him an edge in bridge, why share it with the competition? He gives me two answers, both of which I think are true. First: ''I just decided that my philosophy is the most important thing that makes me what I am, and it couldn't hurt to let people know.''In related news, look for more on this subject coming to a blog near you.The second explanation: it has to do with Sept. 11 and the sense that day provoked in Wildavsky that our society is under attack, not just from collectivism within but also from a kind of destructive nihilism without. ''It's more clear now that the survival of Western civilization is at stake,'' he says. A more Objectivist world would be a better place for Adam Wildavsky to live, and that would trump whatever advantage he might lose in bridge.
Posted by Matt at July 3, 2003 4:04 PM
