Let's make this birthday one to remember.

93 years old (Born on February 12, 1932)

Happy Birthday, Julian Simon! May your celebrations be as boundless and renewable as the resources you've always championed. Your groundbreaking 1981 masterpiece, "The Ultimate Resource," still proves that optimism is humanity's greatest asset—though we're pretty sure birthday cake ranks a close second.

From pioneering free-market environmentalism to reshaping our understanding of population growth and immigration economics, your ideas continue to inspire lively debates (and occasionally frustrate pessimists). Here's hoping this year brings you even more reasons for cheerful arguments—and fewer encounters with those who insist on running out of party snacks. Cheers to another abundant trip around the sun!