On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 13:00 +0530, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > Reading > the responses so far it seems fair to make the working hypothesis that > the average silk lister is interested in (in no particular order) > > - Reading up on history > - Getting fit > - Catching up with a long list of unread books > - Traveling the world [...] > I wonder why no one desires the most popular pastime of mankind when > time and money are no object. [...] > Perhaps this silk list place is a bunch of weirdos, eh?
i'm a great believer in revealed preferences [1]. this implies that "things to do when i have the time" are basically "things i don't do and don't actually want to do, that much". so the working hypothesis implies that the average silklister is not historical, fit, well read or well travelled. perhaps "enough" should be inserted as a qualifier. similarly, the implication here is that the average silklister is frequently occupied in "the most popular pastime of mankind" that it is not something left for "when i have the time". although perhaps "enough" should be used as a qualifier here, too, for "frequently occupied". -rishab 1. An example of a popular joke among economists: two economists see a Ferrari. “I want one of those,” says the first. “Obviously not,” replies the other. see http://www.economist.com/research/Economics/alphabetic.cfm?letter=R#revealedpreference
