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Paul Krugman@pkrugman.bsky.social |
A wise older colleague once told me that I should wear my name tag at conferences. “Yes, everyone knows who you are but it’s bad manners to take it for granted”
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seospider
@seospider.bsky.social
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Relatedly, "I went to school in Boston", never means BU or Northeastern.
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Michael Erard
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In the early 90s I had a gig covering an MIT alumni event for the alumni mag and had to get names of people in photos. Some august white guy was offended when I asked him his name. Turned out he was some tech giant. But it’s not like they get their photo on the Wheaties box
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Regnad Kcin
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It does smell a little bit of “don’t you know who I am?”
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Henry Farrell
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One of my uncles (an economist) had a really enjoyable conversation with a stranger at Castletown House in Ireland in the late 1960s. After 20 minutes, he asked the stranger his name. "Mick Jagger." Uncle in all innocence: "and what do you do for a living, Mr. Jagger?" 5 minutes after which ...
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