Re: Opening



On 31 Aug, 18:12, David Friedman <d...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In article <1i3po93.398pdpzu5m8iN%s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jonathan L Cunningham) wrote:

"But Jane /does/ want to learn."

Gillum looked meaningfully at Jane's empty seat, and then at the door,
still ajar. He slid off his desk and crossed over to the door and closed
it gently. Then he turned back to Sally. "So she says," he said quietly.

Clearly Gillum is an economist.

"Preferences are revealed"? Though assuming that she doesn't want to
learn on the basis of what we've seen so far seems unfair - she may
simply be distinguishing between urgent and important.

.



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