"For university hipsters, there is nothing more pathetic than taking business courses. My friends and I were above that. In our classes, we studied literature and unglazed pottery. We were 'seeking, questing, growing.' It did not occur to us that the frat-pack dolts and the tri-delt tweedies hurrying to get to Econ 101 on time in their square fashion were the REAL intellectuals. We never realized that grappling with the concept of aggregate supply and demand was more challenging than writing a paper about the effects of cool jazz on the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe ... Business majors intended to - and it was a loaded phrase in those days - "make money." And they were going to do this even if it involved some activity that wasn't a bit artistic, such as running IBM. We artsy types would have been shocked if anybody had told us - and nobody had the nerve - that making money was creative. And we would have been TRULY shocked to learn that a fundemental principle of economics - that wealth is created when assets are moved from lower to higher-valued uses - is the root of ALL creativity, be it artsy, IBM-sy, or whatever."
-P.J. O'Rourke, "Eat the Rich."
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
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haha, that's great! Are you reading the book? Is it good?
I love it! So when you, oh mighty buisness major, make all this money, are you going to marry the most adorable girl in the world, and support her with your amazing degree? (that would be me, but only if you plan to stay in Seattle, or Germany, I am flexible).
so i see corporate i want a corner-office-with-an-ocean-view-and-large-leather-chair matt still exists! love it.
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