"Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told--and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity...Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs'...The reason is that beliefs guide behavior, which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead us to extinction, I see no reason to assume we have any awareness at all. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion." - Michael Crichton, The Lost World

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Trading Jokes

How a deal is done, selling short.

Jack, a smart businessman, talks to his son.

Jack: I want you to marry a girl of my choice

Son : “I will choose my own bride!”

Jack: “But the girl is Bill Gates’s daughter.”

Son : “Well, in that case…”

Next Jack approaches Bill Gates.

Jack: “I have a husband for your daughter.”

Bill Gates: “But my daughter is too young to marry!”

Jack: “But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank.”

Bill Gates: “Ah, in that case…”

Finally Jack goes to see the president of the World Bank.

Jack: “I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president.”

President: “But I already have more vice-presidents than I need!”

Jack: “But this young man is Bill Gates’s son-in-law.”

President: “Ah, in that case…”

This is how business is done!!

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