Now this is certainly one of the best proposals I’ve heard of recently: a global orgasm day. The credit goes to Sorin Matei on pagini.com who drew my attention to this initiative today (and who also phrases it rightly: what is even more desirable is indeed -at least one (my emphasis)- orgasm per day).
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More on Milton Friedman
An update for one of my previous posts. In the last days many have written on Milton Friedman. I chose below a selection of pieces written by well-known economists and not just any of them, but indeed some of my favourites:
- Gary Becker’s more personal note, very moving and very well written.
The world’s youngest .net professional developer
My friend Gabi Turcu tells me (with great envy) about this video. It is an interview with Arfa Karim, the world’s youngest (Microsoft Certified!) .net developer: got the professional certificate at 10 years old (obviously in her free time, since the kid has also some school to attend…).
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The following lines about Milton Friedman should say a lot about his principles, even for non-economists:
In 1962, Mr. Friedman took on President John F. Kennedy’s popular inaugural exhortation: “Ask not what your country can do for you.
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Whether you want to learn how to prank telemarketers that bother you in the future or just laugh to death, here’s a good start of the day (put your headphones on as well).
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