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Greg Pinkner
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I'm counting on an alien righteousness.
Knoxville Katılım Ağustos 2010
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George R.R. Martin explains how his Game of Thrones characters wielding power badly is his answer to Tolkien:
"Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it’s not that simple. Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the question: What was Aragorn’s tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these orcs? By the end of the war, Sauron is gone but all of the orcs aren’t gone – they’re in the mountains. Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby orcs, in their little orc cradles?
Real-life kings had real-life problems to deal with. Just being a good guy was not the answer. You had to make hard, hard decisions. Sometimes what seemed to be a good decision turned around and bit you in the ass; it was the law of unintended consequences. I’ve tried to get at some of these in my books. My people who are trying to rule don’t have an easy time of it. Just having good intentions doesn’t make you a wise king."
What do you think Tolkien would have thought about such comments?


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@Hokuto_Ide Our church in Tennessee is sending a missionary to Japan soon. Prayers for the Gospel anywhere and everywhere.
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@pmarca You’re conflating rumination with introspection.
Rumination reinforces negative pathways.
Introspection enables metacognition and error correction.
No cognitive tool is inherently good or bad. Outcomes depend on whether it produces emotional loops or better models of reality.
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IF ONLY SOMEONE HAD WARNED THEM!!!!!
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What's the best effort play you've ever seen in sports?
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