December 12, 2001

10:17 AM

The PBS show "Nobel:Visions of our Century"interviews past Nobel Prize winners on their views of social responsibility. Which got me thinking, is the Nobel Prize the top award society can give? Is it a Grammy? A Pulitzer? Or is it something completely different altogether? Granted I will never win any of them, I was wondering what the planet Earth's top honor was.
posted by remlapm (7 comments total)

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posted by mischief at 10:46 AM on December 12, 2001

The Nobel peace prize certainly lot a lot of prestige by being given to Yasser Arafat. And it's not given by "society" either, but rather by an institute set up by a Swedish inventor/entrepreneur.

The planet Earth's top honor? Happiness. With or without awards.
posted by dagny at 10:52 AM on December 12, 2001

Yes, dagny. Not to mention Henry Kissinger.
posted by muckster at 10:57 AM on December 12, 2001

Hmmm, that pulitzer link goes to the grammies, silly html.

I always thought the top honor was name recognition, either good or bad.
posted by remlapm at 10:59 AM on December 12, 2001

I would think being Mayor of New York City is a top honor. And if you have at least $69 million, you can be one too.
posted by panopticon at 11:29 AM on December 12, 2001

I think rather highly of the Medal of Honor, and the Victoria Cross.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 12:27 PM on December 12, 2001

Best.Episode.Ever.
posted by briank at 12:30 PM on December 12, 2001