tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387368905700505127.post8410631884666990248..comments2024-02-24T00:41:35.911-08:00Comments on Deepish Thoughts: A guest blogger blogs on the blog!Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18365318527587945722noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387368905700505127.post-39746936817860925542007-10-03T10:21:00.000-07:002007-10-03T10:21:00.000-07:00Heady stuff, Guys. In the 60's we would have said...Heady stuff, Guys. In the 60's we would have said, "Heavy!" You're way beyond "deepish."Joe Coghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130381369707855396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387368905700505127.post-67678540924507740002007-10-03T05:49:00.000-07:002007-10-03T05:49:00.000-07:00To Sarah: as my perfect mate would have a blog......To Sarah: as my perfect mate would have a blog...that is the need you satisfy. As for my value to you, I'm happy being the one that summarizes the most important points from each month's Men's Health for you.<BR/><BR/>To Ellie: to your point #2: Is specialization such a bad thing? At least the 'boy toys' can be honest with themselves, stop trying to be something they're not and avoid being average at everything. I know I don't need to explain trade theory to a fellow econ major.<BR/><BR/>to your point #1:...you may have me on that one, damn you!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06576540260474750431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387368905700505127.post-71518215015258584802007-10-02T18:30:00.000-07:002007-10-02T18:30:00.000-07:00Fitz, do you want to be my friend who buys me clot...Fitz, do you want to be my friend who buys me clothes? Because I need one of those. I am also in the market for a friend who gets free concert tickets and a friend who wants to watch The L Word with me. Conversely, I can be the friend who will eventually introduce you to the guy who said "Inconceivable!" over and over again in The Princess Bride. Is that on your list? If not, what's wrong with you?<BR/>Oh my god! I just figured it out! You hang out with me because I have a blog.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18365318527587945722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387368905700505127.post-51849675150097183762007-10-02T16:06:00.000-07:002007-10-02T16:06:00.000-07:00Fitzy, I believe the concept you have so elaborate...Fitzy, I believe the concept you have so elaborately described here is known as friendship. Congratulations: you have just reinvented "having friends."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Interestingly, though, taken to its natural conclusion, your argument suggests that it would be beneficial to decompose our needs as much as possible in order to find the person who most deeply satisfies each discreet need, thus making us happiest. This has at least two troubling potential implications:<BR/>1) We become so focused on finding "the right one" for each need that we are now agonizing over finding "the right 27" which, frankly, will require many more diaries.<BR/>2) People begin to specialize in their roles, as in any free market, and we lose our ability to fulfill more than one need at a time: Jason Giambis become extinct, and we are overrun with "good listeners" and "boytoys."<BR/><BR/>In conclusion: Do I think that people having more and closer friends will accomplish world peace? Not without more and closer conjugal interactions it won't.elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17990017311277614636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387368905700505127.post-7784908264220515752007-10-02T11:24:00.000-07:002007-10-02T11:24:00.000-07:00You had me at conjugal interactions.You had me at conjugal interactions.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867632383579495192noreply@blogger.com