What does everyone do? (work/job/career)

[Virtuoso]

Glad to see there are so many teachers on this thread. Hopefully they don't waste their time reading A Conflict of Visions.

Ah, a simple joke from a simple man.....oh Lifter, I beseech you, let light dawn over marble head.

 

[birly-shirly]

Are you guys arguing about a book that makes an argument about why some people are always arguing...?

 

[Virtuoso]

Are you guys arguing about a book that makes an argument about why some people are always arguing...?

Yes, but more specifically, about why certain groups of people align on the same side of seemingly unrelated topics. Groundbreaking and breathtaking.

 

[drewyallop]

Yes, but more specifically, about why certain groups of people align on the same side of seemingly unrelated topics. Groundbreaking and breathtaking.

Thanks for the tip Virtuoso. I have been reading Sowell for some time. Have you read the latest "Intellectuals etc....."

Liked this quote from Sowell's "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" ...

The culture of the people who were called "rednecks" and "crackers" before they ever got on the boats to cross the Atlantic was a culture that produced far lower levels of intellectual and economic achievement, as well as far higher levels of violence and sexual promiscuity. That culture had its own way of talking, not only in the pronunciation of particular words but also in a loud, dramatic style of oratory with vivid imagery, repetitive phrases and repetitive cadences.

I knew and partied with many "crackers" in Canada (long story) and there was little evidence of the stuff in the first sentence. The verbal genius described in the second was on full display. A North Carolinian could have you on the floor, laughing and in tears for hours. And don't get me started on swapping jack knives and practical jokes of byzantine complexity perpetuated on naive Canadians.

 

[Virtuoso]

Thanks for the tip Virtuoso. I have been reading Sowell for some time. Have you read the latest "Intellectuals etc....."

Liked this quote from Sowell's "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" ...

The culture of the people who were called "rednecks" and "crackers" before they ever got on the boats to cross the Atlantic was a culture that produced far lower levels of intellectual and economic achievement, as well as far higher levels of violence and sexual promiscuity. That culture had its own way of talking, not only in the pronunciation of particular words but also in a loud, dramatic style of oratory with vivid imagery, repetitive phrases and repetitive cadences.

I knew and partied with many "crackers" in Canada (long story) and there was little evidence of the stuff in the first sentence. The verbal genius described in the second was on full display. A North Carolinian could have you on the floor, laughing and in tears for hours. And don't get me started on swapping jack knives and practical jokes of byzantine complexity perpetuated on naive Canadians.

Loved "Black Rednecks and White Liberals," haven't gotten to "Intellectuals and Society" yet. Will do so shortly, need to get my "Tommy" fix.

 

[cwdlaw223]

I hope there are no Keynesians on this board!!!!

 

[Jared Willerson]

As golfers, I wouldn't think there would be many. Dariusz isn't around to defend him.

 

[Brian Manzella]

Problem Solver and Storyteller.

 

[eoscar]

I guard Titleists for way too many hours every week.

 

[faux_maestro]

As golfers, I wouldn't think there would be many. Dariusz isn't around to defend him.

To be fair I don't think Keynes ever mentioned high rough ROFLMAO