Let's make this birthday one to remember.

94 years old (Born on September 28, 1930)

Happy Birthday to the brilliant Immanuel Wallerstein! Your groundbreaking four-volume masterpiece, "The Modern World-System," continues to inspire sociologists and students alike—proving once again that your insights are timeless (and thankfully not as apocalyptic as "The End of the World As We Know It" might suggest!).

From Binghamton University to Yale, you've enlightened countless minds with humor, wisdom, and a healthy dose of skepticism about our global society. Here's hoping this birthday brings you plenty of cake—and fewer existential crises about capitalism's future. Cheers to another year of challenging conventional wisdom and making us laugh along the way!