Jeez, guys, am I the only one who remembers?
I can’t be the only one who likes to blow s*** up.
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Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago School economists and fellow travelers.
Jeez, guys, am I the only one who remembers?
I can’t be the only one who likes to blow s*** up.
Comments are closed.
Themistocles, Thucydides, the Peloponnesian War
X squared, Y squared, H2SO4
Who for? What for? Who we gonna yell for?
GO MAROONS!
Go atomic pile.
Go atomic bomb.
Go victory over Japan.
Go saving a millions lives.
Go victory in the Cold War.
Times sure have changed.
Can you imagine what would happen today if a bunch of physicist created a carbon pile reactor underneath a football stadium of if a contemporary Jonas Salk tested a new vaccine by injecting children in the elementary school down the street?
Our forebears took risk that appear insane to us and yet we all benefited enormously. I wonder what we’ve lost out on in the last 40 years as we have grown progressively more timid?