Here is the latest offering of Indexed drawings from our regular guest poster Jessica Hagy. Her past posts are here, her own blog here, and her new book here.
If the past is any indication of the future, then at least one commenter will write something to the effect of: “Huh? What are these drawings doing on the Freakonomics blog? They don’t belong here. Because Freakonomics is about [fill in the blank], and not about [fill in the blank]. Get rid of these!”
And then someone else will write something like: “Shut up. Jessica Hagy is brilliant, and if you weren’t such a numbskull you would know that.”
And the rest of us will sit back and be nearly as entertained by the comments as by Hagy’s work.
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Huh? What are these drawings doing on the Freakonomics blog? They don’t belong here. Because Freakonomics is about [fill in the blank], and not about [fill in the blank]. Get rid of these!
Shut up. Jessica Hagy is brilliant, and if you weren’t such a numbskull you would know that.
re: #1 – cf
Shut up. Jessica Hagy is brilliant, and if you weren’t such a numbskull you would know that.
Excellent job Mr. Dubner, you’ve proven that people are easier to herd than sheep.
re: #4 – Charles D
Shut up. Sheep are brilliant, and if you weren’t such a numbskull you would know that.
That you try to preempt criticism of these pictures’ inclusion on this blog, suggests you already know they don’t belong. I love this blog, but honestly … I still have no idea why these drawings are here, not to mention that don’t get them at all.
Oh, and to those who might follow Will’s example (#2) and say “shut up” … such a response doesn’t establish any meaning for these drawings or their relevance here. A rational, cogent, meaningful response would be much more useful, not to mention more mature.
DJH – why exactly do these not belong here? They seem to fit the only description of the blog that I could easily find: “The hidden side of everything”.
They do belong here, because they are an understandable representation of concepts found in economics, particularly about the rationality of humanity.