<p>I became depressed for the rest of the night. I mean, he lived a wonderful and full life, but it got me thinking about some of the trends away from his advice that society has shown as of late. When you think about it, without Friedman, it is not an understatement to say that our government would be much more interfering, our lives much more controlled, and perhaps the Soviet Union might still exist. Friedman stood up for what he believed in, even as people laughed at his theories, spat in his face, and called him a fascist. And at the end of the day, he was proved right. I had justed finished Free to Choose 2 days before it happened. May his intellectual seeds be spread from Chicago to the world.</p>