On Complexity

I'm a sucker for esoterica. If something seems difficult, convoluted, or obscure, I'm all over it. This is one reason I like economics, computers, music theory, and things like them. After all, what could be cooler than talking about Hicksian demand curves, or C pointers, or augmented sixth chords? It's not just that I like knowledge—it's also that I have a somewhat juvenile approach to intelligence: "I know something you don't know..." I want to know things that others don't.

In fact, one reason I decided to major in economics was to have a linchpin in any economic debate—I could simply say "I have a degree in economics, therefore I'm right and you're wrong." Economics is one of the only subjects that one can objectively use in political debates, and I want to exploit it for all it's worth. Which is really a mercenary approach to education: "I learn to prove I'm right," not "I learn to find what's right."

I guess I don't really have a point here. Whatever.