Friday, November 20, 2009

The Worthless Prize

When Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize in the 1901, he had one intention in mind: to reward excellence. It appears excellence has been replaced by mediocrity and even worse, popularity. If the most coveted prize the world has to offer is to be handed out like Halloween candy, it no longer deserves a noble name. It seems the "Ignoble" prize is more appropriate.

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Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
Bertrand Russell