Write Your Own Final Exam
Tyler Cowen is a professor of economics at George Mason University and general Renaissance man (seriously, read his blog–he’s interested in everything). Alex Tabarrok, also a professor at GMU, shares this fascinating story:
Tyler [Cowen] once walked into class the day of the final exam and he said. “Here is the exam. Write your own questions. Write [...]
Who Will Be Famous in 10,000 Years?
Tyler Cowen, an economist and the blogger behind Marginal Revolution, was asked by a reader:
Who do you think will still be famous in 10,000 years? People from history or now. Shakespeare? Socrates? Hawking?
He answered (in part):
In that case, I’ll go with the major religious leaders (Jesus, Buddha, etc.), Einstein, Turing, Watson and Crick, Hitler, the [...]
