I’d like to share with you a general statement I pretty much follow in my life:  “I don’t like people.”  I seriously don’t.  I happen to be of the opinion that 99% of the population out there couldn’t hold a conversation if their lives depended on it.  It doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate people or enjoy the beauties of women.  It just means that for conversation’s sake I think many folks are dolts.

But in history if one could bring back certain individuals to speak with, I’m sure there are plenty I would like to company of.  Hell they’d probably think I was a dolt and not worth their time.

Still though, I’ve come up with six very smart deceased individuals with whom I’d like to sit down and have a meal with….

Albert Einstein

First of all, the hair.  That’s obvious.  Just shooting the shit with old Albert and having some beers would eventually get funny just because of his wacked out hair.   But in all seriousness this guy just seemed up my alley as an awesome dude to hang out with.  Anti conformity.  He does what he thinks is right and constantly challenges systems that are supposed to be established.    Oh and that theory of E=MC2 isn’t so bad either.

Benjamin Graham

He is sometimes called the “father of  investing” and Benjamin Graham is the reason that many successful investors are around today.  He invented value investing and believed in buying a company because of its actual and real financials, management, values and not because of what it was necessarily doing in the market (all relative to it’s price).   P.S. it had to be undervalued according to Graham.   The point is that no one knew better how to invest money wisely in the market than Graham and I’m sure a couple hour dinner session with the man could change your whole life.

Ernest Hemingway

Just based on the stories that he’s written can you imagine how many other stories he would have to tell?  I could see this dude as a whiskey and cigar guy kicking back and remembering some dame he shagged in a Volkswagen or something.  Zero chance you wouldn’t be completely enlightened after that dinner.

Stanley Kubrick

Speaking of storytelling, has there ever been a director in cinematic history who can tell a story in the way that Kubrick did?  I highly doubt it.  Plus based on all the hot girls and nudity in his movies you know this guy has a crazy dark side and probably engaged in some amazing erotic activity.  Those stories I’m sure have never been told.  Not to mention all the ideas he probably had in his head.

Nikola Tesla

Screw Thomas Edison.  Nikola Tesla is the badass of electricity.  It’s not so much his accomplishments that warrant mentioning.  It’s the fact that this guy was literally 100 years ahead of his time.  From motors to alternating electric currents to his coil, this guy created many concepts and designs that are still used and modeled after today.  Think about all the little neat tricks he could teach you.

Al Capone

I knew I had to pick a criminal in this list and who better than one of the greatest criminals of all time:  Al Capone.   Did you know he posed himself as a used furniture dealer?  Guy was the man in times of liquor bootlegging and smuggling back in the 20′s and early 30′s.  You couldn’t mess with a gangster more known than Capone.  Any gangster would be entertaining to speak to but I think Capone would take the cake.