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That emoticon serves as the logo for Despair, Inc, which sells, among other things, posters with such elevating messages as "AMBITION: The journey of a thousand miles sometimes ends very, very badly" [Link via Orgtheory.net].
Steven Poole in The Guardian: A review of Amartya Sen's The Idea of Justice.
Amartya Sen is cited as the source of this juicy quote:
The purely economic man is indeed close to being a social moron.
I got that quote from Daniel Little's extended musings on "conditional altruism" as a possible explanation for "the spontaneous occurrence of collective action."
An old op-ed in NYTimes: College Advice, From People Who Have Been There Awhile. The line-up has quite a few big hitters.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Your "Links ..." and "More Links ..." and "Fun Links ..." is better served if you can add a small desc, like say, "Links: Emoticon, a review, alturism, college advice."
ReplyDeleteBut for some unknown reason, without a thought to your readers, you presist on just "Links ..."
Are you being purely economic, man?
@Anon: Are you being purely economic, man?
ReplyDeleteLOL! Nice one...
You know, you really ought to use a consistent handle (preferably, your real name); it'll help me watch out for your comments ...
ok. Nuteshan will be the name.
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