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There's no way to know how good a player you are except by measuring against others.

— Aaron Brown The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006)

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Monotheism introduced the idea that we should passively accept whatever fate God dealt. Gambling seemed to be a refusal to do that.

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There is a deep, ancient connection between gambling and divination.

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If no one gambled against the grain in good times, there would be no winners to inspire people in the bad times.

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All exchange stimulates productive activity, whether exchange by gift, gambling, barter, or money transaction.

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