Context-dependent super powers
Posted on:: April 15th, 2006
I, and all other right-thinking adults, consider Superman to be an inferior super hero precisely because he has too many powers. But, this morning I realized that for all his X-Ray vision and time-reversing flight velocity, there’s no reason to think that Superman would make a good speechwriter.
If I were Superman’s guidance counselor, here are careers I would steer him towards or away from, based on whether his powers give him any advantages
Yes |
No |
Welder | Fashion Designer |
TSA security guard | Information architect |
Satellite dish installer | VP of business development |
Landscape gardener | Advertising account executive |
Personal assistant | Wedding planner |
Roadie | Fry cook at fast food joint |
Crime boss | Rabbi |
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