Stand up, be counted, etc.
Milton Friedman, who's like an economist guru has died at age 94... When he died he was still working on spreading sound economics on free markets and monetary policy, through a documentary for American public television. He was just incredible... one of the founding fathers of a lot of the stuff we take for granted now, from central bank focusing on reducing inflation, to voluntary military service instead of the draft.
Which is all not so sad given that he lived a really long and productive life. But quite sad that another brilliant, rational, talented, contributing member of society has passed away, and is probably being replaced as we speak by 5000 average, boring, untalented economics students who only went into it because it was a steady job and they weren't gutsy enough to go for the career in music they really wanted.
Someone told me the other day that the only feedback they got from their parents was to do what was safe. Seriously people - show some nerve and do something you actually care about. You know, something you'd like to be doing at 94 because it means that goddamn much to you, and you don't give a fuck who knows it. Sorry about the profanity. I only do it to be cool.
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