Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Questions Spiderman Should Ask Himself

Dilbert Blog is fun because Scott Adams has a knack for simple, individualistic, utilitarian wisdom. A better name might be Wally Blog:

I also ruled out any profession that involved risking my life to save other people. I ask too many questions for those sorts of jobs. For example, before I rush into a burning building to save someone, I want to know if that person is more deserving of life than me. If not, there’s no point in getting incinerated just to make the world a worse place. Recently I gave a talk to a classroom of 9-year olds. It wasn’t hard to identify the ones who would do a cost-benefit analysis before rushing into the burning building. That shit starts early.

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